I'm not so knowledeable so I cannot clarify the wootz-subject any further, but I've finally recived the dagger and it is a big mystery to me. The blade is gorgeus and it definetly looks like ottoman damascus to me. The handle look also old and I do not think that it is a later adition. The damascening on the scabbard looks nice, doing a little research on the net I've found a true albanian jambiya with similar damascening. In the Tirri's book there is a photo of a verry similar (almost identical jambiya) on the page 97, with the atribution that it is a Syrian Jambiya from 19th century. But if I'm honest, I do not believe to Mr. Tirri anymore, due to his fatal errors in the same book (Suremene knife = unusual balkan dagger, Laz bichagi = egyptian knopesh, and many more...) Any further comments?
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