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Gavin Nugent 26th July 2016 12:43 AM

Indian? Looks Arabian
 
The knives in these links from the Met Mesuem;

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31631

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31635

They call them Indian or Nepalese...other than a loose form of Kukri blade, I cannot see this as an origin. As these came from Stone, "Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935", did Stone have notes pointing to these actually being sourced from India or Nepal as well?

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12004
Steve makes some good points in post 3

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/search...earchid=622385
A list of Shafra threads from the search engine.

Gavin

ariel 26th July 2016 01:42 AM

Indisputable Aravian Shafra ( AKA Kusha)

Well, even Met is not infallible......

Ibrahiim al Balooshi 26th July 2016 01:57 AM

100 % Shafra...Arabian.

mariusgmioc 26th July 2016 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ariel
Indisputable Aravian Shafra ( AKA Kusha)

Well, even Met is not infallible......


I wonder whether we shouldn't notify Met, to adjust their descriptions?! :shrug:

Berkley 26th July 2016 04:43 PM

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See Stone's Glossary, Figure 459, Miscellaneous Knives: "9. Nepal.Incurved, single-edged blade. Engraved silver hilt".
The Met's description undoubtedly reflects Stone's records. That identification, in turn, almost certainly arose from the very unequivocal, but erroneous, attribution in Egerton's Indian and Oriental Arms and Armour:

estcrh 26th July 2016 10:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
I wonder whether we shouldn't notify Met, to adjust their descriptions?! :shrug:

The Met has a long list if mistakes to correct. They have corrected some on their own, I am not sure how they would take it if they were informed. Artzi has it right.

Gavin Nugent 27th July 2016 09:50 AM

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One with an inscription, hardly looks Nepalese....

Kubur 27th July 2016 09:58 AM

Yes but it could be Indo-Arabs as the swords discussed previously.
Oman/Pakistan/Balutchistan...
I'm not a specialist, but i think these safra are a little bit too nice to be just companion knifes...

This link will be useful too

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=safra

For me a companion knife is attached to the back of the main scabbard and main dagger. These Safra are knifes.

By the way are they Yemeni or Omani???

Best,
Kubur

Berkley 27th July 2016 02:52 PM

Another thread with relevance to Gavin's initial post: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6355

Ibrahiim al Balooshi 27th July 2016 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kubur
Yes but it could be Indo-Arabs as the swords discussed previously.
Oman/Pakistan/Balutchistan...
I'm not a specialist, but i think these safra are a little bit too nice to be just companion knifes...

This link will be useful too

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=safra

For me a companion knife is attached to the back of the main scabbard and main dagger. These Safra are knifes.

By the way are they Yemeni or Omani???

Best,
Kubur

If I can assist on the name it says ...quite roughly applied thus perhaps not the maker but more like the owner..Li ibn saaid bin hamdan (or possibly abdul rehman) This is not Omani as these are Yemeni weapons/ accompanying daggers work knives.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi 29th July 2016 11:55 PM

I recall a very nice Shabriya from Yemen at the opener on http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=shibriya and later down the page an example of the project weapon .. :shrug:

kronckew 30th July 2016 09:33 AM

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just to muddy the waters, looks like a more ancient blade shape.


roman utility knife: 2nd, more on display in museum.


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