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Old 10th January 2019, 07:09 AM   #196
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Originally Posted by TVV
A somewhat similar blade is shown in "The Arts of the Muslim Knight" (The Furusiyya Collection book) under #59 in the chapter on swords, on a sword from Deccan dated to the 17th century. Your sword therefore has the potential to be quite early. Whatever the case, it is a nice and intriguing sword.

Teodor
I think this is the stylization of the blade of the 17th century. And such blades most likely date back to the mid-19th century.

Dmitry
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