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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons
... Arab communities in south India. A long time back I post here an Indian bowie with a very similar decorated copper handle the same kind of work but the blade had silver inlay like on Dha. The trade between India and Burma led to mixed communities. The trade and communities on either side of the south Indian coast have crossovers...
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Hi Tim,
I agree that commercial exchanges between India and Burma were reasonably common, especially after Britain took over much of Burma in the 19th C. The
koftghari style of applying precious metal to blades is thought to have been imported into Burma from India. So I don't think we need to postulate a reverse migration for your knife. Using scored areas to apply and retain metal for decorative purposes is actually quite well spread in Southern and SE Asia.