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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