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Montino Bourbon · 23rd February 2012, 06:36 PM

so I wouldn't be surprised if it came from around there. The person that I bought it from seemed to think that it came from a small kingdom to the North of Jaipur, Bikaner. The blade is not thick, the spine being no more than 2 mm thick, so I don't think of it so much as a “combat” weapon as much as a “knife”.

oh, and as I mentioned, I had my iPad with me with photographs of “real” and “modern” antiques, and examples of wootz and the modern mechanical Damascus produced in Rajasthan these days. Some of that, by the way, is quite nice. Just not antique.

23rd February 2012, 06:36 PM	#15
Montino Bourbon Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara, California Posts: 301	I Purchased it in Jaipur, Rajasthan, so I wouldn't be surprised if it came from around there. The person that I bought it from seemed to think that it came from a small kingdom to the North of Jaipur, Bikaner. The blade is not thick, the spine being no more than 2 mm thick, so I don't think of it so much as a “combat” weapon as much as a “knife”. oh, and as I mentioned, I had my iPad with me with photographs of “real” and “modern” antiques, and examples of wootz and the modern mechanical Damascus produced in Rajasthan these days. Some of that, by the way, is quite nice. Just not antique.