Yes, the blade geometry is quite unique. The only other one that I have seen like that was here in Jaipur, at a VERY expensive shop, Allah Baksh, who is famous for hard-to-find antiques. The one that he had had an ivory handle, like many kards for upper-class people, and it was provenanced from Persia. The price was astronomical, one 'lakh', which is 100,000 rupees, roughly $2000.- and the last two inches toward the point was very pitted, which put me off; what if I was in the supermarket and a knife fight broke out over the sushi? It might break in combat, and that I can't allow to happen!
Anyway, I have only seen one other like it. Now, I will try to etch it, but being in India traveling I have to see what 'field expedients' I can use.
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