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Old 21st January 2018, 01:29 PM   #4
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I would say this is a recent interpretation of the Nepalese kora. The grind on the sharpened edge is very much like northern India swords (e.g. tulwar), with a pronounced "bite" to the start of the sharpened edge and an unsharpened section just in front of the D-guard. Traditional kora don't have this type of edge. Also, that little serrated piece adjacent to the guard is seen on jamdhar katari and is not a Nepalese feature.

Northern Indian or Pakistani in manufacture.

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