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ariel · 25th June 2021, 03:14 PM

Jim,
I presume that your last post contained photos of two different weapons. Am I correct? The upper one does not show the entire blade: thus we cannot be sure whether it has a native “ khyber” blade.
But the lower one is just a mass-produced military version with a blade known to us since 1879. It has nothing to do with the focus of this discussion, i.e. Afghani “ selavah”.It is a pureiy European short sword imported from different sources or, less likely, forged in some local workshop as a copy of it. The stamp might have been put in the Kabuli Mashin Khana or elsewhere.

25th June 2021, 03:14 PM	#15
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Jim, I presume that your last post contained photos of two different weapons. Am I correct? The upper one does not show the entire blade: thus we cannot be sure whether it has a native “ khyber” blade. But the lower one is just a mass-produced military version with a blade known to us since 1879. It has nothing to do with the focus of this discussion, i.e. Afghani “ selavah”.It is a pureiy European short sword imported from different sources or, less likely, forged in some local workshop as a copy of it. The stamp might have been put in the Kabuli Mashin Khana or elsewhere.