All steel khanjar

[francantolin]

Dear members,

I just received this persian khanjar,
A large example of better quality than the ones I saw already. 19th century ??

Length is 50cm / 19,7 inches

The blade can be wootz.

For share and for comments

Kind regards

[Bob A]

Lovely knife. I'd like to see the entire exposed blade/hilt if you have the opportunity to provide.

[mariusgmioc]

Yes, Persian 19th century almost certainly wootz. It could benefit from revealing the wootz structure.

It could also be Mughal (the Moghuls were Persians).

[francantolin]

Here a complete picture of the dagger,

Thank you Marius,
I will try to etch it to see how it looks like .

I'm impressed with the scabbard and hilt too,
the iron/steel seems hand
carved /embossed and not cast or ' pressed''
+ nice gold koftgari on it

[mariusgmioc]

To me, that doesn't look like koftgari but more like true damascening.

Be very careful when polishing the blade for etching! Avoid polishing the carved areas. Do polish to 2000-3000 grit and do not try to remove any pitting as it does not impact the end result too much.
Lovely dagger! 👍