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ariel · 13th September 2007, 08:59 PM

Teodor,
I look at your own post
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...balkan+kindjal
and there is quite a lot of "kindjals" with similar handles ( thinner, meatier, lighter, darker, but all of the same general pattern) that you ID-ed as Bulgarian.
Obviously, this one cannot be of Turkish or Syrian origin ( script).
Together, the handle and the inscription point quite strongly ( I think) towards the Balkans, Bulgaria being my first address.

13th September 2007, 08:59 PM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Teodor, I look at your own post http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...balkan+kindjal and there is quite a lot of "kindjals" with similar handles ( thinner, meatier, lighter, darker, but all of the same general pattern) that you ID-ed as Bulgarian. Obviously, this one cannot be of Turkish or Syrian origin ( script). Together, the handle and the inscription point quite strongly ( I think) towards the Balkans, Bulgaria being my first address.