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An antique recent kindjal

14th January 2023, 11:41 PM

Ren Ren

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Location: Russia, Moscow

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ariel

Well, the back of the scabbard was not informative, but even without it one can be certain that we are dealing with a recent, mass-produced tourist kindjal.

It is very easy to distinguish a "tourist kindjal" - the hardness of the blade cannot be higher than 25 HRC. This rule was valid in the USSR, and is still valid in Russia.

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