A Balochistan/Afghan(?) khanjar with silver handle, 17th century Solid and slightly curved, double-edged blade of wootz Damascus with fine medial ridge and slightly reinforced point. Solid, one-piece, multiply offset silver handle with double languet and two lateral dragon heads. Length of blade 32 cm, total length cm. Rare dagger type, hard to localise. Cf. Helge Brons Hansen arms collection, Vaabenhistoriske Aarboger XXXV, Copenhagen 1889, fig. 71 with a similar dagger and the catalogue of the Holstein Collection, 1931, no. 232 and 237. hi, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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Keywords: 17th, afghan, asia, asian, balochistan, century, handle, khanjar, orient, oriental, persian, silver, solid