Persian(?) blade and incongruent hilt - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

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Persian(?) blade and incongruent hilt

2nd July 2020, 09:21 PM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I am with RSWORD: khanjar, late Qajar, replaced handle, original scabbard. My only hesitation: some pics of the blade are suspicious for being wootz-y. The blade is patinated and the issue can be resolved only by polishing and etching at least a decent size window. If it is wootz, I would change my guess to "potentially Zand-eariler Qajar".

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