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Nice kindjals. In my opinion, they are all Balkan, the first two potentially Bulgarian. I am basing the attribution on the hilt shape and construction of the first one. The second one has the date, which is followed by a Cyrillic "г", which stands for "година" or year in Bulgarian. There are photos of 3 different kindjals. The third one has a distinctly Greek floral motive on the blade, as you have pointed out, but this is a third separate piece unless I am missing something.
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This post is really about the two with the bone hilts. The dark horn hilt example has it's own thread and it's origin was never determined 100%. It's unusual in that it has 6 pins in it's hilt construction rather than the more common 3 in most kindjals. I assembled this group purely based on their features. The guards and tang bands seem to be found mostly on Greek/Balkan kindjals and not really being present elsewhere from what I have observed.
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