kindjal

[mross]

Originally Posted by ariel

I am confused: your kindjal is not the same as the one you are referring to.

Yours is unquestionably authentic, end of 19- beginning of 20 century. Likely Chechen or Daghestani. Simple working example.
You may want to clean up the blade, but do not overdo it (IMHO).. you may find markings.

Thanks. That is my opinion as well. Nothing super special but a user. Double checked it. That's it in the ebay listing. Looks a lot better than those pics. I think I benefited from that. I had already cleaned it up a bit before I took the photos. Went over it with acetone, had cosmoline or something similar to it all over the blade. The handle had some sort of black silicone rubber which I am still trying to remove. Did not see any markings as of yet. Blasde is flexible and still has a decent edge. The asymmetrical fullers kinda confused me, never seen that before.