New one just came in today, I've attached pictures of it next to my other one. As you can see it's a bit smaller. The overall style is the same with some minor variations, and the carving on the hilt is even more careless than on my other one.
The hilt on my old one is yellowish and a little translucent, the hilt on the new one is whiter and totally opaque. Both pass the "hot needle" test. The blade on my old one is almost black, the blade on the new one is as bright and shiny as a new penny. I take this to mean that my new one was more recently made than my old one. So whatever culture that produced these must have a tradition of making them rather than some weird "one off".
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1st July 2014, 05:57 PM
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