Identity of Damascus blade? (new member)

Yannis · 2nd August 2005, 07:45 AM

Few years ago I had post in this forum a khanjar with similar blade that was bought in Damascus. I found out that it was newly made in India.

Damascus city has a reputation of fine blades and lot of tourists look in the souk for a bargain. The sellers there know exactly what the tourists want and because they cannot serve the demand with their own blades they import from India.

I have seen the same in Kabul. They import from Pakistan and India to feed with souvenirs the thousands of foreign soldiers.

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2nd August 2005, 07:45 AM	#7
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	Few years ago I had post in this forum a khanjar with similar blade that was bought in Damascus. I found out that it was newly made in India. Damascus city has a reputation of fine blades and lot of tourists look in the souk for a bargain. The sellers there know exactly what the tourists want and because they cannot serve the demand with their own blades they import from India. I have seen the same in Kabul. They import from Pakistan and India to feed with souvenirs the thousands of foreign soldiers.