Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2022, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,153
Joined this one late, so I don't have much to...
Joined this one late, so I don't have much to add. Syrian?-yes, Majdali?-yes, made in Majdal Shams?-probably, old?-probably around 1920-30.
Unfortunately, the condition does not necessarily mean...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st August 2022, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,362
Old Majdali
Hello all,
It has been about 2 years since my last post, but I am still here. I bought this one (first pic.) very cheap in a lot with all kinds of stuff, including a Mah-Jong set, albums and 4...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st August 2022, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 10,907
Takouba bird
Hi Francantolin,
Really nice Takouba. I like the esthetics and the geometric decoration. I don't know much about them, but I do know a bit about birds (the avian kind). This is no Ostrich. There are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2021, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,457
Hi,
Thanks Lotfy for kind words and for sending...
Hi,
Thanks Lotfy for kind words and for sending me pics. I know the shibriya you talk about from your collection and it is a nice addtion to this thread.
This is a beautiful shibriya that also has...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2021, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,457
Hi,
Just one last time back to this thread in...
Hi,
Just one last time back to this thread in order to summarize.
I tend to agree with Kubur. The blade and the whole of Yvain's shibriya are probably Jordanian and from 1925.
The khanjarli look...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2021, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,383
Hi,
I am not arguing with any of the experts...
Hi,
I am not arguing with any of the experts here. Just want to add my perspective. Mandingo/Mandinka/Mande people is quite a large group that is present in several countries and associated with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2021, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,457
Hi,
I did not expect THIS. It is a very good,...
Hi,
I did not expect THIS. It is a very good, interesting and (relatively) old shibriya, but it is also a puzzling one. I can not tell you too much because my experience with shibriyas is all from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2021, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 44,622
Hi Detlef,
A good find and a great collection...
Hi Detlef,
A good find and a great collection of old Corvos. I know the history, but not much about the knives themselves. The handle construction and design are Spanish influence, of course, and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2021, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,457
Hi Klop,
Of course you are right. These rings...
Hi Klop,
Of course you are right. These rings are attached with a simple split pen, which is a petty. The majority of the older dagger are quite solid, but the ring is the first thing to get lost....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2021, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,457
Hi Yvain. Thanks for your response.
If you put...
Hi Yvain. Thanks for your response.
If you put up some pictures in this thread, I will tell you what I know about your shibriya. If relevant, I can also redirect you to some older threads on the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2020, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,457
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2020, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,457
Another old shibriya
Hi,
I was looking for this kind of early shibriya for some time and now I finally have it. It is a very early one, around 1900 I think and from a maker well known by shibriya collectors. I can not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2020, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,321
Hi,
I just want to confirm what David already...
Hi,
I just want to confirm what David already said. 100% right.
Further, some of the signs on the blade of your sword are letters, other are numbers and others are neither (at least if you assume...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th December 2020, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 10,347
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th December 2020, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 19,883
Thank you Ariel for your appeasing comment.
My...
Thank you Ariel for your appeasing comment.
My knowledge on Chinese weapons =0 and therefore, I followed this debate as a spectator. But since this type of arguments are a recurring theme in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th October 2020, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,920
Hi Klop,
I cannot add too much to what you...
Hi Klop,
I cannot add too much to what you already said. You are pretty much right. The white metal/low grade silver is a Jordanian shibriya from Jordan. I can not translate what is written on the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2020, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 22,771
Hi,
I have already decided on this some time...
Hi,
I have already decided on this some time ago, but my solution fits me and the nature of my collection. Therefore, it can not be considered as advice for you.
I will leave my collection to an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2020, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 20,267
Hi,
Burl wood indeed. Possibly from a small...
Hi,
Burl wood indeed. Possibly from a small bush, judging by the fact that they needed two pieces to make one scale. The chances of finding out what kind of wood depends on finding evidence in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2020, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,250
Hi Yvain,
Thank you for showing this dagger....
Hi Yvain,
Thank you for showing this dagger. Always good to know that I am not the only one interested in these daggers.
Many collectors look down on ethnographic weapons from the Levant, maybe...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2020, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,250
Hi Yvain,
The Ottoman period in Palestine ended...
Hi Yvain,
The Ottoman period in Palestine ended in 1917/1918 with Allenby's and the Egyptian expeditionary force's conquest of the area. Late Ottoman is usually meant late 19th to the end of ww1. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2020, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,250
Hi Yvain,
I can not say too much about this one...
Hi Yvain,
I can not say too much about this one except that it is Palestinian. The tell-tale signs are the halve circle decorations on the scabbard.
You can call it Shibriya, but classic Shibriyas...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
8th June 2020, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 26,263
Hi Kronckew,
The picture shows what I said in...
Hi Kronckew,
The picture shows what I said in my previous post: that a sickle has broad, curved and often serrated blade. A narrow and thick blade is inefficient for cutting, which the harvest of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th June 2020, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 26,263
Sorry guys, but this is not a sickle. It just...
Sorry guys, but this is not a sickle. It just wouldn't work. Sickles are thin and usually serrated and more curved. This is a thick and almost straight. Because it has an almost triangular...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th June 2020, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,301
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th June 2020, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,967
Hi Stefan,
You seem to be on a shibriya buying...
Hi Stefan,
You seem to be on a shibriya buying campaign. This is your third one in the last couple of weeks.
I will try to explain it, but this involves a lot of guess work.
Despite having many...
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