Interesting Choora Inscription

[Bob A]

Somehow I'm not sanguine about Central Asians looking to the US Dept of State to verify proper national abbreviations.

Billboard-size gilt attributions of origin are a little off-putting to me, but then, nothing exceeds like excess.

The plastic seems to wish it was old ivory. The maker, wherever he may be, did go the extra mile in ornamenting his blade, so he deserves an "A" for effort anyway. Interesting knife, to say the least.

[RobT]

Hagard,
Dang! I never saw that. I don’t know for sure which way is up so I have provided two close-ups.

Bob A,
The world is getting smaller and smaller and savvy retailers in every corner of the globe are using market specific hooks to enhance sales so I would not discount Central Asians using an internationally recognized abbreviation to sell their items.
I would be disquieted by the large brass COO on a purportedly old item but this piece looks to be very recently made so I don’t find the designation (in English no less) to be out of place.
My images are light. The actual color of the hilt scales is exactly that of butterscotch amber.
As I said in my original post, the item is well wrought and every bit as lethal as a 19th century version. The maker deserves an A+ for his work and a gold star for carrying on the tradition.

Sincerely,
RobT

[Hagard]

Hi RobT,
I'll send the link to our kind member Turkoman Khan.
I hope he will be able to read and transcribe it.
Regards.

[Turkoman.khan]

Originally Posted by Hagard

Hi RobT,
I'll send the link to our kind member Turkoman Khan.
I hope he will be able to read and transcribe it.
Regards.

I'm sorry my friend. Unfortunately, it is not clear what is written...

[Hagard]

Originally Posted by Turkoman.khan

I'm sorry my friend. Unfortunately, it is not clear what is written...

It's often difficult and sadly not always possible, but thank you so much for having tried.

[Turkoman.khan]

Originally Posted by RobT

Hagard,
Dang! I never saw that. I don’t know for sure which way is up so I have provided two close-ups.

Bob A,
The world is getting smaller and smaller and savvy retailers in every corner of the globe are using market specific hooks to enhance sales so I would not discount Central Asians using an internationally recognized abbreviation to sell their items.
I would be disquieted by the large brass COO on a purportedly old item but this piece looks to be very recently made so I don’t find the designation (in English no less) to be out of place.
My images are light. The actual color of the hilt scales is exactly that of butterscotch amber.
As I said in my original post, the item is well wrought and every bit as lethal as a 19th century version. The maker deserves an A+ for his work and a gold star for carrying on the tradition.

Sincerely,
RobT

Perhaps it says here: انشاءاللہ
It sounds like: "inshallah"
It can be translated as: “everything is the will of God”

[RobT]

Turkoman.khan,

Thanks for trying to translate the writing. I hadn't even noticed it was there so the possible translation you offer is way more than I had before.

Sincerely,
RobT