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Originally Posted by ariel
I am confused: your kindjal is not the same as the one you are referring to.
Yours is unquestionably authentic, end of 19- beginning of 20 century. Likely Chechen or Daghestani. Simple working example.
You may want to clean up the blade, but do not overdo it (IMHO).. you may find markings.
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Thanks. That is my opinion as well. Nothing super special but a user. Double checked it. That's it in the ebay listing. Looks a lot better than those pics. I think I benefited from that. I had already cleaned it up a bit before I took the photos. Went over it with acetone, had cosmoline or something similar to it all over the blade. The handle had some sort of black silicone rubber which I am still trying to remove. Did not see any markings as of yet. Blasde is flexible and still has a decent edge. The asymmetrical fullers kinda confused me, never seen that before.