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Originally Posted by ariel
As far as I know, quite a lot of the curved ones are Indian. Elgood mentions that in the second half of the 19th century there was a massive influx of Caucasian shashka blades. I wonder whether "European" incisions are in fact Caucasian .
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Ariel,
Elgood says, and I totally agree with him, that most curved blades on Kaskara's were caucasian imports.
EDIT: Where did I get kaskara's from, probably from lack of sleep. I meant kattara's.