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			Lew wins  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	   These tips are different structurally, one on Persian Kard is meant for reinforcement/piercing, the other has a decorative purpose and was not meant to pierce anything hard/metal. Dom, please do not try, it'll snap below the tip:-)
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			Hi Dom 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	You are correct the example shown at the bottom was forged as an integral part of the tip with the proper taper and and shape which is like a flattened triangle. The one you have seems round and eckhorned shaped with a rivet through it. This could have been a later repair.  
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