weird knife i found

[smirq35]

Found this weird ornate knife with writing on the blade. Pics on here.

[rsorgel]

beautiful but some more information would be helpful. are the decorative beads plastic glass or stone? is there writing on the blade? i see a picture of a fish, probably a scaling knife of some sort. what material is the handle and blade. as well as hand forged or no?

[smirq35]

The blade is hand forged I believe and it has engraved hand written letters on it....not Chinese, maybe Arabic? It doesn't show well in the one pic but it is there. Seems to be a pliable metal handle and sheet (spelled wrong)  and those are glass beads. It has a place to go on a belt on the other side. I'm gonna bring it to a knife person I guess. It is very interesting.

[mfrog]

I think it might be a kirpan, which is a sikh religious dagger.

[Rauville]

Look's like a Islamic Jambiya...maybe from Yemen?

[smirq35]

Thanks for the help!! It is definitely a Persian fighting knife, or Jambiya. There is a pic of an almost identical knife from 1977 if you Google it. Thanks again!