New shamshir: hoping for a diamond in the rough.

[RobT]

Hi All,

Part of Dr Anna Feuerbach’s doctoral thesis (Crucible Steel in Central Asia: Production, Use and Origins) deals with crucible steel manufacture in Merv Turkmenistan. The southern border of Turkmenistan abuts Afghanistan and Merv is in the southern part of Turkmenistan, Dr Feuerbach also examined crucible steel manufacturing in Uzbekistan which also shares a border with Afghanistan so it doesn’t seem to be unlikely that crucible steel was made in Afghanistan also.

Sincerely,
RobT