1. Wugh, the signature on the blade reads Kharanauli, on the hilt reads "G.Kharanauli, slave of God". I had a big problem trying to translate Kharanauli, until ppls said to me that it's just a family name.
Kindjal seems to me like ones from Tiflis, Georgia, can be the first half of XIX century.
Interesting is that the kindjal's blade is a semi-massproduced item, with the signature inside the stamp most likely done in arabic, but the rest of the set is completely different (most likely come from different masters).
2. I've meant that there are some khevsur trophey blades like this one can find in Checnnja, but some of them will be actually chechen ripoffs.
3. I've never seen a kindjal like this, but I've seen khevsurian kindjals - the locally made kindjals actually tend to be very different (they are often bigger and come with an extremely sharp point - "mail piercing" point).
I've never seen a kindjal in such a "khevsurian" dress.
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