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new to knife collecting; no idea what this is...
Found this at my grandfathers old house and it seems to have some sort of value. Older with what appears to be some form of middle-eastern writing. thanks for the help.
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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Nick Arsenault on -
hmm interesting... is there any more words or symbols other then the ones shown?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Forbes on
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No, just the one pictured. His work had him in many countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, etc. so it was possibly from one of these countries.
Nick Arsenault said:
hmm interesting... is there any more words or symbols other then the ones shown? -
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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Nick Arsenault on -
it says... "bd rahman" its Arabic combind with old aribic... im sure thats the knife maker according to my friend...
Michael Forbes said:
No, just the one pictured. His work had him in many countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, etc. so it was possibly from one of these countries.
Nick Arsenault said:
hmm interesting... is there any more words or symbols other then the ones shown? -
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Thanks for the lead. further than I was getting on my own. Ill have to look further into it.
Nick Arsenault said:
it says... "bd rahman" its Arabic combind with old aribic... im sure thats the knife maker according to my friend...
Michael Forbes said:
No, just the one pictured. His work had him in many countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, etc. so it was possibly from one of these countries.
Nick Arsenault said:
hmm interesting... is there any more words or symbols other then the ones shown? -
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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on
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Wow!! You all did a great job on getting that information togeather for Michael. Thanks for sharing, love to learn about all types of knives
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Thank you for all of the help! I have since expanded my knife collection to include several benchmades; nice to know I have something different.
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Permalink Reply by Shlomo ben Maved on
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You have a Bedouin shibria dagger, probably Syrian or Trans Jordan.
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