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Originally Posted by Steve
Thanks guys for raising this again and thanks Ibrahiim, I would also go with your assessment on the use of the brass dots in these blades. It's probably a technique imported from further east - india or china - I would say.
Issue solved I think,
Steve
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In researching the Old Omani Short Battle Sword ~ One sword reference appears with a gold dot in mid blade ... The Abbasid 9th Century Sword in The Topkapi Museum ! This dot (as I point out in my latest stab at origins of the Omani Short Sword) can be seen on the Old Omani weapons and on a few Khanjar blades and Yemeni variants though in brass... the cheap equivalent .
