"Mad Mahdi" Dagger

[Aurangzeb]

Hi all!

IIs there any way to bring out or restore the worn Koranic inscriptions on the bade of my Sudanese Dagger?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Rick]

I think , in this case the best course of action would be to leave it alone . There is not much that you can do for etched resist lettering other than darkening the entire blade and then sanding or polishing the script which would wear it down even more .

Remember the motto , "First do no harm."

[Aurangzeb]

Hi Rick!

Thanks for ansering my question.Thank god you told me this before I had time to experiment! Just kidding I am so paranoid about damaging any of my daggers I chould never experiment on them! Upon closer inspection of the blade I found that the engraving is barely worn,it was just an optical illusion from slight pitting and bad lighting in the room.

Thanks for the help!

P.S.-how do you spell the name of that Uzbekistan dagger that looks like a meat cleaver,I ask because I know some guy's going to Uzbekistan for a while and am going to tell them to look for one?

[Rick]

Well a dagger is for stabbing and a meat cleaver is for chopping so I'm not sure what weapon you are referring to .

[Aurangzeb]

Hi Rick!

The type of dagger i'm reffering too isfor chopping,I have heard that many daggers of this type were made after the soviet union broke up in 1990 or 91.
The sheath usually swallows up some of the handle and a few were on Ebay a while ago.Hopefully what I have attempted to describe will help.I have no clue what the type is called or spelled.

[Rick]

Ahh , a kindjal or a qama perhaps ?

[Aurangzeb]

Hi rick!

I think it is a kindjal,I just chould not think of the name of it and it was bugging me!