Hi Drac and Dave,
Regarding age, Dave your example is made without a separate 'ganja' and I do believe that one is a later one, but Drac's example has the separate ganja and the workmanship(chiseling and silver inlay) seems a bit crisper, though the curves do seem awfully 'extreme' for an earlier example.
I think that example is more likely early 20th century though the blade's exaggerated curves, especially at the forte, seem to argue against it a bit.
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