Quadarra or Dashna

ariel · 8th July 2021, 06:02 AM

Qaddara is an original product. Dashna is a repurposed blade. This is not Khevsurian for sure; if it was repurposed, it would likely be from Kakheti ( Eastern Georgia) and a local name for those is Sabarkali.
Separating Dashna ( Sabarkali) and Qaddara is a tricky business: superficially they are identical. The only difference is “ repurposed” vs “ original”, and the only way to figure it out is to check whether the most central fuller can be traced deep into the handle.

If the coins are Persian, this may (!) indicate its Persian origin. But these coins were dime a dozen on Georgian kindjals.

Since the blade ( or the remnant ) is Georgian, and if you find evidence of fuller (s) deep in the handle space, that would IMHO be a good enough evidence of the dagger is a true Sabarkali ( or, if you prefer, a Kakheti Dashna).

My 2 cents....

8th July 2021, 06:02 AM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Qaddara is an original product. Dashna is a repurposed blade. This is not Khevsurian for sure; if it was repurposed, it would likely be from Kakheti ( Eastern Georgia) and a local name for those is Sabarkali. Separating Dashna ( Sabarkali) and Qaddara is a tricky business: superficially they are identical. The only difference is “ repurposed” vs “ original”, and the only way to figure it out is to check whether the most central fuller can be traced deep into the handle. If the coins are Persian, this may (!) indicate its Persian origin. But these coins were dime a dozen on Georgian kindjals. Since the blade ( or the remnant ) is Georgian, and if you find evidence of fuller (s) deep in the handle space, that would IMHO be a good enough evidence of the dagger is a true Sabarkali ( or, if you prefer, a Kakheti Dashna). My 2 cents....