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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Nick Arsenault on December 26, 2010 at 17:30

hmm interesting... is there any more words or symbols other then the ones shown?

Permalink Reply by Michael Forbes on December 28, 2010 at 11:57

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?

KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Nick Arsenault on December 28, 2010 at 12:57

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?

Permalink Reply by Michael Forbes on December 28, 2010 at 15:42

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?

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on October 7, 2011 at 18:31

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

Permalink Reply by Michael Forbes on November 22, 2011 at 16:22

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. 

Permalink Reply by Shlomo ben Maved on March 11, 2016 at 14:10

You have a Bedouin shibria dagger, probably Syrian or Trans Jordan.