All steel khanjar

[francantolin]

Here a complete picture of the dagger,

Thank you Marius,
I will try to etch it to see how it looks like .

I'm impressed with the scabbard and hilt too,
the iron/steel seems hand
carved /embossed and not cast or ' pressed''
+ nice gold koftgari on it

[mariusgmioc]

To me, that doesn't look like koftgari but more like true damascening.

Be very careful when polishing the blade for etching! Avoid polishing the carved areas. Do polish to 2000-3000 grit and do not try to remove any pitting as it does not impact the end result too much.
Lovely dagger! 👍