Afghan silver niello knife

Finished with mother-of-pearl and dated 1907.

Indian enamel and wootz dagger

With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.

Gilt-copper hilted kard

Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.

Full wootz kard

...and some gold.

Ganga Jamni decorated kard

Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting colors, usually gold and silver, in inlay or overlay work.

Central Asian dated kard 1709

With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.

Kard (کرد)

A type of eastern dagger with a fairly straight thrusting blade.

All wootz kard dagger

With a hidden compartment for a small utility knife.

An Indian kard dagger

With a good quality wootz blade.