New shamshir: hoping for a diamond in the rough.

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Originally Posted by GePi

I find these actually quite interesting, and like the khyber knifes with militarized hilts they are legit and there are quite a few examples still around. Here are two from Artzi, one with a more simple wootz pattern, perhaps local, but the other one with a really nice older Persian blade.

10thRoyal it’s interesting the hilt on your example appears irregularly made, perhaps the smith was a novice or it’s just a result of wear and tear.

An example in original condition looks quite nice actually.

These sword hilts were imitations of Afghan army pattern hilts, and were handmade by local smiths and sold to officers who wanted a fancy private purchase sword instead of their issued sword. That why I think the quality of the hilt is variable, since each smith made them by hand and one smith might be more skilled than the other.

The army issue swords these were inspired by were made in the military factory with modern European machinery, which is why they were quite uniform quality wise