Making the Achaemenid Akinake sword by Master Farjian

Master Farajian is from Zanjan and is a great artist in making Iranian knives and swords. One of his most beautiful works is the Achaemenid Ekinake sword, which shows the pinnacle of this great man's art..
Achaemenid sword handle made in the shape of two lion heads. The eyes are bronze and the teeth are horse bone…
The niam of the Akinake sword was made of maple wood and is decorated with patterns from Apadana and Persepolis..

Close-up of the bronze blade. On both sides of the Akinake blade, a decree of Xerxes is engraved in ancient Persian and in cuneiform.…Xerxes decree :
The great god is Ahura Mazda, who created this earth, who created that sky, who created Adam, who created happiness for Adam, who made Xerxes king, one king among many, one ruler among many..
I am Xerxes, the great king, the king of kings, the king of lands possessing all kinds of people, the king in this great far and wide land.. Achaemenid king Dariush's son.

King Xerxes says: At the request of Ahura Mazda, I built this "corridor of all countries".. Very (Building) Well no more in this (City) Pars was built, which I built and my father built. Every building that is seen as beautiful, we built all of them at the will of Ahura Mazda.
King Xerxes says: Ahuramazda bless me and Shahriari, and what was made by my hand and what was made by my father's hand, Ahuramazda bless