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In many urban areas there will be "Gem and Jewelry shows" every 3-6 months. Often at such shows you can carry your gems around and ask a number of...
Good point about the flex; however, it could have been used as a hanging pendant-style lamp; or might have had a wood base which would have the...
If there was any carving the knife-marks should be pretty obvious. I don't see any. There is a long tradition in the orient of saving natural...
I agree with Komo; it is a carving in the shape of a tiger claw; likely carved from ivory.
Does look like a close match. I note that the linked knife is "hand crafted by the team of Damascus Knives Shop (Pakistan)."
Could be - if it was a craftsperson/blacksmith/knifemaker, putting in this much work, we'd certainly expect it to be marked. There appears to be...
On the surface of the blade, that is; the wavy edges on the back of the blade, and on the liners, would be called file-work. That's a nice knife;...
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