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					Originally Posted by mahratt
					
				 Here is shashkas of which I speak. They have small rivets, but you wrote yourself, it's Bukhara shashkas. I'm sorry that I remind you of this: | 
	
 With regards to the image presented by Ariel and re-presented by Mahratt, in particular the ivory hilted example, this is not Buhkara in my opinion, it is Afghan, North India.
I say this based on the small iron bolster present.  This is typically a North Indian Karud feature, not a Bukhara feature.
Gavin