Jens,
This passage in Flindt's article is very confusing, and I read it differently.
According to Flindt, it is the large size of the rivets that is the " Bukharan characteristics"
If so, the upper handle with 3 large rivets ( Afghani pseudo-shashka) must be Bukharan, whereas the two lower ones ( both Bukharan shashkas) with 5 small rivets are not Bukharan at all :-)
My point remains the same: can somebody show an example of a Bukharan "shashka" with 3 rivets? I have yet to see one.
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