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Originally Posted by motan
As for the date, most of you think these daggers must be from the 19th century. Still, the blades do not look like Persian, they are made of high quality wootz, like the court daggers. Does anyone know centers of wootz production west of Persia? To me, the numbers could be (1)195 = 1781. Then it is what it looks like. Inverted 6 is possible if this is not a date, because (1)695 is still in the future.
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You are right, I remember now another dagger identical to this one and dated from the late 18th c.
Marius I forgot the most important: your dagger is gorgeous.