[QUOTE=Rivkin]Xakozh:
........(Thank you, but the Blade has maker's stamps that are characteristic to Tiflis, Georgia.)
Georgia was the least influenced by Arabic and Islamic scripts because of it`s national christian heritage, north western Caucassians were more influenced by the Turkic culture and the use of Islamic calligraphy. That`s make me more inclined to think it`s non Georgian blacksmith workmanship.
.........(P.S. I thought that Qama in Adighe is K'ama ? And I think that the word itself is originally Persian.)
P.S. the letter Q in Circassian is glottal and the pronounciation is a slitlike opening between pharynxand windpipe.
Sincerely,
A. Xakozh