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Old 5th May 2024, 01:18 PM   #1
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Default Sikh kirpan or other origin ?

Hello everyone,
I don't want to monopolize the forum but I wanted to show you this knife with a one-piece metal handle,
I first did my research on the internet with Google Lens (very practical) and it gave me a Sikh kirpan (which means knife or sword if I'm not mistaken)
what bothers me is that apart from the model indicated on Google the other kirpan do not resemble mine at all.


For my part, I find that the shape of the blade is similar to the pichoks of Uzbekistan

So gkad if you can enlight me !
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Old 5th May 2024, 07:30 PM   #2
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Looks like a proper Sikh Kirpan to me, the all sarbloh* construction is religiously correct & preferable to other styles/materials of the grip. The overall shape is also very traditional.


*: True Sikhs only cook in sarbloh pots and pans. kirpan are required to be made of sarbloh, which is iron - steel is, I gather, accepted by most Sikhs, as long as it's not a modern alloy with other metals in it.
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Old 5th May 2024, 08:30 PM   #3
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Thank's a lot Kronckew,

Sarbloh steel was the key word ,
I found a lot of similar ones
( even too much......😅 )

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