18th Century Indo-Persian Pesh Kabz Armor Piercing Dagger & Scabbard
- 8 1/2" blade with engraving on T spine
- Ivory on handle with detailed inlay and design
- Designed to penetrate mail armour and other types of armour
- Hollow-ground, tempered steel single-edged full tang, recurved blade with a thick spine bearing a "T" cross-section for strength and rigidity
- The word Pesh Kabz is also spelled pesh-quabz or pish-ghabz and means "fore-grip" in the Persian language; it was borrowed into the Hindustani language
- This particular knife is the type used by the Pashtun Khyber tribe, who were one of the groups faced by the British Empire during the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Fitted ornate scabbard
- Small spike on pommel
- Very rare and collectible item
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