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Dear members,
I just received this persian khanjar, A large example of better quality than the ones I saw already. 19th century ?? Length is 50cm / 19,7 inches The blade can be wootz. For share and for comments Kind regards |
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Lovely knife. I'd like to see the entire exposed blade/hilt if you have the opportunity to provide.
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Yes, Persian 19th century almost certainly wootz. It could benefit from revealing the wootz structure.
It could also be Mughal (the Moghuls were Persians). |
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Here a complete picture of the dagger,
Thank you Marius, I will try to etch it to see how it looks like . I'm impressed with the scabbard and hilt too, the iron/steel seems hand carved /embossed and not cast or ' pressed'' + nice gold koftgari on it |
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To me, that doesn't look like koftgari but more like true damascening.
Be very careful when polishing the blade for etching! Avoid polishing the carved areas. Do polish to 2000-3000 grit and do not try to remove any pitting as it does not impact the end result too much. Lovely dagger! 👍 |
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