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ariel · 25th April 2010, 11:08 PM

I agree with Mahratt: not Caucasus by a long mile. The all-iron handle and the silver koftgari point to Syria . Iranian ones also had all-iron handles, but the koftgari tips the scale. Pretty low-quality job: it rubbed off just from hand contact.

25th April 2010, 11:08 PM	#6
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I agree with Mahratt: not Caucasus by a long mile. The all-iron handle and the silver koftgari point to Syria . Iranian ones also had all-iron handles, but the koftgari tips the scale. Pretty low-quality job: it rubbed off just from hand contact.