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Old 31st May 2009, 07:01 PM   #2
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it does have a more pronounced 'S' curve than the more std. version like mine, and the knuckle guard is a nice touch. unsharpened ricasso is more of an indian style, but it still looks khyber to me. i like it. blade doesn't look like a turkish/balkan yat to me as it has the acute triangle look of the khyber knife. does it have a 'T' spine? can't tell from the photo.

my salawar yat for comparison


my balkan karakulak yat for comparison.


kinda reminds me of this one found googling:


found a notation somewhere that these style were also popular south of the khyber pashtun areas in india which may be the source of the atypical ricasso.

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