Help with translation - small pretty Kard

[Battara]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

From what I see in the photos, and that is not very much, it looks like Persian wootz to me.

I was thinking this was Turkish wootz. Persian wootz I thought was more distinctive than this.

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by Battara

I was thinking this was Turkish wootz. Persian wootz I thought was more distinctive than this.

Now the structure is washed out because of wear. In some areas is completely worn out.

You can definitely be right but that will become only clearer after a new and proper etching of the blade.

When I said that it looks Persian to me, I based my assertion on the shape of the watering streaks (with rather long directional portions, somehow similar to the ones of the kard below).

[Battara]

Very true - could use another etching

[mariusgmioc]

Just trying to keep the thread alive in the hope of a translation...

[Battara]

It could say "Made in China"

[kwiatek]

Neither the words nor the numbers make any sense to me in either Arabic, Persian or Turkish

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by kwiatek

Neither the words nor the numbers make any sense to me in either Arabic, Persian or Turkish

Very interesting but not completely surprising. I assume it can be the case the maker was not very literate and wrote the inscription for decorative reasons.

Thank you Kwiatek!

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by kwiatek

Neither the words nor the numbers make any sense to me in either Arabic, Persian or Turkish

Are you sure that the three numerals separated by flowers are not a date? Missing the 1