There are 3 main common types of dastar material. Mal Mal, Full Voile and Rubia.
Mal Mal Dastars (also known as F74) are the thinnest and lightest of the main three types of Dastar material. Full Voile Dastars/Turbans are slightly heavier and thicker. Rubia dastars are the heaviest and thickest...
To cut the turban material in half, you normally just need to cut a small snip at one side and you can then rip it in half. I mostly tie half width dastars too as they are easier to manage.
As for sizes, I do not think there is no rough estimates, everyone I know ties dastars of different sizes...
Vaheguru.. I think that looks great on you :)
Just go for any style and over time you'll probably adapt a style for yourself. Over last 10 years, i've gone through many styles including kenyan, nok and now at gol with many variants in between. Any Gursikh with any Dastar looks great! Dhan Sri...
Good to 'meet' you and thank you for your order :)
I happened to pack your order myself last night and it was posted this morning. Maybe, if you get a chance, you could post some feedback on here once you get your items.
Half width dastars are easier to tie for round style dastars. Once you start learning to tie a dastar, it will seem difficult but stick with it as it becomes second nature very quickly.
As to you tieing a dastar, I think it is great. My wife started to tie one just before we got married and now...
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I can assure you Rory, that our Kirpans are definitely not crudely made.
The design of our Kirpans are the traditional Taksali Design (hand made by Taksali Singhs) and they are made from Sarbloh (Iron).
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A bit late but for future reference we also offer Dastaars at www.SikhiStore.com.
And basic difference between the different fabrics is that Rubia has dense weaving, Full Voile has light weaving and Mal- Mal has very fine and very light weaving.
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