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2nd November 2014, 01:38 PM
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Certainly a Khyber knife David, it doesn't follow the form of the Choora despite some aspects having a shared similarity.
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2nd November 2014, 04:24 PM
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Thanks Gavin,
Good beginning of a database. The main problem is that it is likely to be Bukhara and Afghanistan. Capt. Masalski saw manufacture of Central-Asian wootz in the 1850s if my memory is correct. Any documented evidence of its production in Afganistan proper, especially around the Khyber Pass? Kabul or Jellalabad, as per Egerton? |
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2nd November 2014, 04:27 PM
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DavidR:
Can you show magnified pic? I can' t see wootz pattern. |
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2nd November 2014, 04:32 PM
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ariel, I do not think this is wootz, more likely a folded steel.
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2nd November 2014, 04:51 PM
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I am of the same opinion! Kurt |
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4th November 2014, 01:50 AM
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Ah so...
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4th December 2014, 12:22 PM
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Another
Here is a snap of a high end Khyber with a wootz blade and fittings.
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