(Another) Positive Iron Badger review

[Sevastian]

I mentioned in a PM a while back that I'd be interested in a Kinjal that would more suit my Rus persona. Last week I get a PM from Iron Badger that he just finished a double edged Kinjal. I saw the pics, then I bit the bullet. It arrived yesterday and it's even prettier in person. 11 inches of blade polished to a mirror finish. It doesn't have the over sized rivets of most Kinjals but I don't care. 5 out of 5. Buy with confidence!

[Ironbadger]

Thanks for the review, Sevastian.

The mushroom rivets were something that I debated for months.

However, the problem I had was that the large rivets appear to be a post period styling detail on kindjals, as I could not find them on anything provably earlier than about the mid to late 19th century.

That is not to say they are absolutely not found on kindjals of the SCA time period, but I could not find any on examples with any documentation of greater age than the Victorian era.

So in the end, I went with the smaller rivets/pins that seem to be the most common style on pre 19th century ones.

Glad you liked it, in any case.

-Badger-