Two daggers for comment

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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

Hello Miguel,

In my oppinion they are both North Indian. The first one second half of 20th century (meaning recent), the second one possibly a couple of decades older.

What is the difference between a Karud and a straight Pesh-kabz?

One is Indian the other I believe is Afghan.

There is no such thing as a "straight pesh-kabz" (in my opinion). a dagger is either a pesh-kabz shape or not, if resembles a pesh-kabz but with a straight blade it is currently called a "karud". It does not really matter how these straight bladed daggers came to be called "karud" by many collectors, dealers etc except for historical purposes. You can call them whatever you want, but do not confuse people by referring to them as being "pesh-kabz".