№121653Kindzal Bebut 1910

Russian Empire. Bebut is a dagger of a soldier's curve of 1907. Manufactured by an arms factory in Zlatoust in 1910.

On the sleeve of the sheath and the handle of the bebut - encryption 36 P.O.P. No. 40 (36 infantry Oryol regiment number of weapons 40).  This method of military branding is extremely rare!

The blade is steel, slightly curved, with two narrow lobes on each side. The handle is figured, narrow in the middle part. Installation of the cover handle: wooden cheeks, painted black, riveted with two brass rivets. RARE EARLY VARIANT WITHOUT brass shackle bushing (appears since 1912). Wooden sheath, covered with leather, with a metal device. The device consists of a mouth, a bracket with a cord ring, on which the dagger is suspended to the waist belt and a tip (toe) ending with a ball.

Total length 590mm. Blade length 437mm.