Mughal? or Indian dagger?.

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Originally Posted by donsamadhi

Hello,

The carving on the hilt is not done mechanically, for sure! The specialist from minerals and rocks said that it was hand-made.
Alex.

Hand-made... maybe in the sense that the electrical rotating tool that was used to make it was held in the hand.

Examine the grooves and engravings on the hilt under 10x magnification. If they have a circular cross-section, they are machined with a hand-held electric tool. If they have a crisp, triangular cross-section, they are carved/chiseled with a chisel.

But in the end we all believe what we want to believe.