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It is finished on e-bay, so I am within my rights to post the pics.
Here is a classical Afghani Khyber knife ( Selaava), with all bells and whistles. No doubt about it being old and authentic. However, its blade bears a clear mark of the Russian Zlatoust Weapon Factory. Does anyone have any other examples of Russia-made blades of such a distinct profile among the Afghani Khybers in the 19th century? |
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im no expert but id say blade is to crude form something form zlatoust.
as smiths do in that area.. id say they may have added a stamp they have seen to add value to their product.. could be wrong.. but .. |
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That's what I thought too, but I found identical marks on items coming from old Russia. Did the Afghanis forge a special stamp? If so, that would not be the only example, and that was exactly what I was asking. Or is it known that Zlatoust made a special order of the blades?
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It would be interesting to see the same stamp on the authentic Russian items from Zlatoust.
I think that in this particular case we are dealing with an old Khyber knife on which someone recently put fake stamp Zlatoust. |
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Faking such a detailed stamp, and to this level of quality is not an easy task.
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The stamp is not very neat . If we compare with the authentic
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