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Battara · 2nd November 2005, 05:25 AM

I'm with you on this. In India they are making new dhals, kards, katars, etc. like this. I have rarely seen koftgari work that incorporates both silver and gold together. Certainly this example is a little too shiney - no patina on the silver nor wear on any surface what so ever.

I was looking at the yataghan. It may be older, but with a replaced forte on it. Don't know of many repo yataghans yet .

However, the stamp on the blade does bother me.

2nd November 2005, 05:25 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	I'm with you on this. In India they are making new dhals, kards, katars, etc. like this. I have rarely seen koftgari work that incorporates both silver and gold together. Certainly this example is a little too shiney - no patina on the silver nor wear on any surface what so ever. I was looking at the yataghan. It may be older, but with a replaced forte on it. Don't know of many repo yataghans yet . However, the stamp on the blade does bother me.