Strange Persian?

[Rick]

Originally Posted by RobT

Hi all,
Given the ferrule's similarity to those found on choora and khyber knives, I would vote for north India/Afghanistan. Stone on pg 93 lists a type of knife called a bank and further references the Wallace Catalogue for other forms of knife with this name . Perhaps this is a bank variant? (I think "bank" means curved.)
Sincerely,
RobT

That makes two votes for a bank variant .
IMO too much Central Asian influence in the design to be a corvo .
Betting it's a wootz blade .