Pesh Kabz dagger dated 1872

[BANDOOK]

GREETINGS CERJAK,
VERY INTERESTING DAGGER,ITS SAYS NEEMUICH[ANGLASISED],WHICH IS ACTUALLY NEEMUCH OR NIMACH A TOWN IN THE MALWA REGION OF THE INDIAN STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH,CENTRAL INDIA
FORMERLY A LARGE BRITISH CANTONMENT OF GWALIOR PRINCELY STATE.
SO IT VERY MUCH A INDIAN DAGGER
REGARDS
RAJESH

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by BANDOOK

GREETINGS CERJAK,
VERY INTERESTING DAGGER,ITS SAYS NEEMUICH[ANGLASISED],WHICH IS ACTUALLY NEEMUCH OR NIMACH A TOWN IN THE MALWA REGION OF THE INDIAN STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH,CENTRAL INDIA
FORMERLY A LARGE BRITISH CANTONMENT OF GWALIOR PRINCELY STATE.
SO IT VERY MUCH A INDIAN DAGGER
REGARDS
RAJESH

An inscription can be put on at any time and place so it does not necessarily represent were it was actually produced. While it certainly could be Indian I usually see better workmanship on Indian daggers. Here is a similar hilt of an Indian karud dagger.

[ariel]

It must be wootz: the "crack" along the spine is the outcome of cutting the ingot, bending it upon itself to allow its bottom to become the exterior of the blade and hiding the "dirty" part of the ingot inside. Usually, such a crack was filled with soft metal wire.

Polish and etch it.