Help identify short sword from Nepal

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ITS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AGE ON THIS SORT OF WHITE METAL THIS APPEARS TO BE THE BETTER QUALITY METAL AS I SEE NO GREENISH TARNISH AND IT IS NOT DULL BUT SHINEY. THE CORD ON THE POMEL APPEARS TO SHOW SOME AGE AND USE AND THE HORN IS THE RIGHT TYPE FROM THE AREA, THE BELT LOOKS NEW. I SUSPECT THIS MAY VERY WELL BE FROM THE WW2 TIME FRAME BEFORE OR AFTER. I COULD BE WRONG BUT THAT IS MY FEELING.
THE DESIGN IS DIFFERENT THAN I HAVE SEEN AND IT DOSEN'T HAVE THE OPENWORK I SAW A LOT OF IN CHENGDU SO I SUSPECT IT IS FROM A DIFFERENT AREA OR SOURCE IN THE AREA. SOME OF THE BLADES FROM CHINA HAD THE RED STAR DESIGN IN THE BLADE WHICH INDICATES AFTER THE CHINESE REVOLUTION. WHAT WE NEED IS A FORUM MEMBER WHO COLLECTS AND STUDIES IN THIS FIELD BECAUSE MY KNOWLEGE IS ONLY THAT OF A ADVENTURER AND TRAVELER SO VERY LACKING.
ANOTHER INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS SORT OF KNIFE THE MANY I SAW IN THE REGION DID NOT HAVE RUSTY PITTED BLADES AS OFTEN ENCOUNTERED IN MANY PARTS OF CHINA. WHICH OFTEN MADE ME WONDER IF THEY WERE NEWLY MADE OR PERHAPS ITS THE STEEL USED OR THE CLIMATE? THERE WAS USUALLY A BIT OF LEATHER OR A FITTING OF SOME SORT THAT DENOTED AGE BUT SOME PARTS DID NOT SHOW AGE WELL.