[Tatyana Dianova]

Here is a mysterious short sword/large dagger. Its blade has three fullers; the handle is made of wood, decorated with steel nails; the coastguard and ‘pommel’ are steel too. The scabbard is original to the blade: black leather over wood, made exactly like Kukri scabbards.
I haven’t seen anything like this before. To me it looks like an Oriental version of yataghan rifle bayonet, with Afghani guard and Nepali scabbard :-) Any comments are extremely welcome.