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Old 30th December 2015, 04:16 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by ariel
Well, real Qajar knife makers were less likely to make such silly mistake: they saw khanjars daily, didn't they?
Shall we call it a la Qajar? :-)
These look like versions of jambiya, khanjar would have a double curved blade I believe.

I am not a big fan of most late Persian Qajar weapons, this particular one has some interesting differences. While that handle orientation is not common at all it is not unknown.
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