Hi Rick!
Thanks for ansering my question.Thank god you told me this before I had time to experiment!
Just kidding I am so paranoid about damaging any of my daggers I chould never experiment on them!
Upon closer inspection of the blade I found that the engraving is barely worn,it was just an optical illusion from slight pitting and bad lighting in the room.
Thanks for the help!
P.S.-how do you spell the name of that Uzbekistan dagger that looks like a meat cleaver,I ask because I know some guy's going to Uzbekistan for a while and am going to tell them to look for one?