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ALEX 5th January 2016 01:00 PM

Newly made Kindjal?
 
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I am at it again, noticing more "genuine antique" items:) Here is Caucasian Kindjal with silver cogtgari. Next to it similar, although better quality in gold coftgari. Is it safe to assume both are recently made in India?

ariel 5th January 2016 01:17 PM

There are quite a few similar items coming out of Georgia.
Admittedly, some ( not all!) Georgian sellers openly indicate that their items are newly made and the greatest majority do not claim antique origin.
Indian sellers have no such scrupules.

ALEX 5th January 2016 01:38 PM

Good to know, Ariel. Thanks!
Is coftgari practiced in Georgia nowadays, how common and (visually) similar it is to Indian work?

ariel 5th January 2016 10:50 PM

The lower one might be from there.

arsendaday 6th January 2016 02:29 AM

The first one is made in India. I have one of those and it is completely off. The one with gold coftgari looks more "authentic" i.e. it has all the features of a real kindjal and the rivets are done right. The only "flaw" is the ring on the scabbard, And I think that if this was made in Georgia they wouldn't miss it. So I guess Syria?

ALEX 6th January 2016 12:56 PM

Thanks Arsen, and Ariel,
Arsen, good comment about the "flaw", this was the reason I thought both are from India, made in different qualities. Syria could be an option, but the steel type points more towards India.

arsendaday 7th January 2016 01:33 AM

The ring
 
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Originally Posted by ALEX
Thanks Arsen, and Ariel,
Arsen, good comment about the "flaw", this was the reason I thought both are from India, made in different qualities. Syria could be an option, but the steel type points more towards India.

Could be Indian, because of the style of coftgari work, but if you search "Syrian Kindjal" on Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=Syri..._AUIBigB&dpr=1
You will see that most of those have the same ring. So maybe an Insian copy of a Syrian Kindjal :)


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