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Ottoman Turkish Wootz Kindjal
The second of a small collection of wootz kindjals. This example is mounted ins ilver and niello kindjal mounts with the Ottoman sultans tughra dating this example to 1899. The blade has gold koftgari at the base and displays a very strong kara taban black wootz.
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