Hello,
Starting this summer I noticed a seller on ebay listing a lot of apparently very nice sabres with wootz blade and karabela-type hilt.
While the wootz blades looked very good, the overall assembly looked odd. In addition, I have not seen too many legitimetely old karabela sabres with wootz blades.
I am also of the opinion that the above sabre is a marriage of Indian blade with newer hilt and guard.
It IS a nice blade though...
Emanuel
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