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Old 28th April 2008, 12:26 AM   #1
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This is your choora. This is your choora on LSD . Nice one late 1960s I think?


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Old 30th April 2008, 10:32 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES
This is your choora. This is your choora on LSD . Nice one late 1960s I think?
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Lew, I think you got it.

In the 70s, before the series of devastating civil wars, Afghanistan was a passage for hordes of hippies on the road to India. This knife holds the spirit of that era.
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Old 30th April 2008, 02:57 PM   #3
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putting my feet into the shoes of the maker, the latin lettering probably looked as exotic and decorative to him as we think of arabic or farsi inscriptions on our collection gems. interesting cultural drifts.
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