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Marcus · 13th October 2016, 02:51 PM

Granted that the blade resembles that of an 1853 Cavalry Trooper Saber, but the marks aren’t right to permit that it was ever installed as such. Afghanistan being as it was the chessboard of the Great Game, is it reasonable to speculate that the British might have made a gift of a small batch of blades to one of their candidates for the throne for them to have hilted as pulwars for members of their retinue? This is where the plausible deniability comes in. It might have been politically indelicate to have such a donation, or any overt sign of support, become public. If the blades were deliberately struck with a flawed stamp, what might pass as a British blade with casual inspection, could also be repudiated as such with a closer look.

13th October 2016, 02:51 PM	#18
Marcus Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420	Plausible deniability? Granted that the blade resembles that of an 1853 Cavalry Trooper Saber, but the marks aren’t right to permit that it was ever installed as such. Afghanistan being as it was the chessboard of the Great Game, is it reasonable to speculate that the British might have made a gift of a small batch of blades to one of their candidates for the throne for them to have hilted as pulwars for members of their retinue? This is where the plausible deniability comes in. It might have been politically indelicate to have such a donation, or any overt sign of support, become public. If the blades were deliberately struck with a flawed stamp, what might pass as a British blade with casual inspection, could also be repudiated as such with a closer look.