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Originally Posted by ham
Gentlemen,
The blade may or may not be tempered, judging from the nick I would say not. Too, the style of the koftgari is characteristic of more recent work, c. 1920s.
Nice example of a style which endures to the present.
Sincerely,
Ham
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I would agree with you on this, the nick shows the blade to be too soft. Still, one must remember that the hardness tests conducted on antique swords by many swordsmiths/ collectors, nearly all blades were at high 30RC, with a max of almost 40RC. With a hardness like that, a nick would look like the one on this sword.