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Help identifying a dagger

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by abdel, Jan 18, 2020.

  1. abdel

    abdel Well-Known Member

    I bought an old dagger knife. The handle made from horn and i don't know what type of horn
    Please can anyone help me
    Thanks again.

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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    more of a fixed blade knife , than dagger.
    nice steel
    good ferrule and butt plate
    thru tang construction
    drop point with double fuller
    nice horn handle....

    I can't say what horn was used...or what the design could be on the blade..

    Maybe European....Asian...Indian......?????
     
    Last edited: Jan 18, 2020
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  3. abdel

    abdel Well-Known Member

    I think it's a chinese knife and 100% certain the handle made from rhino horn.
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    Last edited: Jan 19, 2020
  4. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    Yesterday you didn't know what kind of horn. Today, you're suddenly 100% sure its rhino horn...care to enlighten us how you came to that level of surety?
     
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  5. abdel

    abdel Well-Known Member

    I
    I asked some friends about kind of horn. They said maybe it's a rhino horn. I did some tests and got some advices from net to determine real rhino horn.
    That's why i was not able to determine it yesterday.
    I am still waiting for some helps to confirm my findings
     
  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    While I'll agree that it does honey color , the size and shape of the handle doesn't seen to jive with rhino horn.
    And then there is the fact that rhino horn in China is so valued for it's medical properties and costs " Based on the Asian black market value, rhino horn is estimated to be worth US$65,000 per kg." , to find that used on an average looking bench made knife ...is ...well...... unheard of...!
     
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  7. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

  8. abdel

    abdel Well-Known Member

    Last edited: Jan 19, 2020
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