Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2006, 11:36 PM
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Concerning the manuals:
Prior to 1810 or so,...
Concerning the manuals:
Prior to 1810 or so, russian army did not have any standard patterns. Repair and maintanance was also considered to be a private matter of individual cavalrymen. Central...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2006, 04:15 PM
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Interesting guy. The problem with Therion's...
Interesting guy. The problem with Therion's identification is that afaik Kuban does not come close to Kazakhstan, and therefore this kindjal simply can't be from "Kuban region of Kazakhstan". On the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2006, 05:11 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2006, 03:01 AM
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Jeff:
Your shashka is Dagestan (may be Lak...
Jeff:
Your shashka is Dagestan (may be Lak ??), imho it is very different from what we have over here. Because of this I have a small problem understanding what "similar" - similar in terms of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2006, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 27
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While there is certainly no way to say a final...
While there is certainly no way to say a final word in appraisals, especially when dealing with such a poorly researched subject as caucasian weapons, I would argue against the hilt being of recent...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2006, 06:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2006, 03:50 PM
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1. As far as I remember Astvatsaturjan is very...
1. As far as I remember Astvatsaturjan is very specific in saying that yataghans appeared in huge n umbers in the second half of XVIII and nearly disappeared in the end of the first half of XIX...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2006, 03:39 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2005, 12:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th December 2005, 04:14 PM
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I have shown it to many armenians, and they all...
I have shown it to many armenians, and they all basically confirm my opinion - 80% of letters are armenian, but the other 20% are not (at least they are not modern armenian). I will try to email some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th December 2005, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 28
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My pleasure. Even today, there is a very strong...
My pleasure. Even today, there is a very strong armenian minority in Iran. However, in the past, Armenia per se and surrounding armenian populated areas (like Karabagh/Arzagh) were a battlefield for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th December 2005, 05:21 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th December 2005, 05:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2005, 04:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2005, 11:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2005, 04:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2005, 05:30 AM
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and I concur with Ariel :).
The problem I...
and I concur with Ariel :).
The problem I always had with understanding Qajars is that on one side Qajars are from Azerbajan and they are turkoman. After 1820 they started to follow extremely...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st December 2005, 05:59 AM
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There is such thing as a georgian mega-kindjal,...
There is such thing as a georgian mega-kindjal, called satevari ("attack"). I have seen examples with total length of 27+ inches, and heard of XVIIIth century ones that were up to 35+ inches. I have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th December 2005, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 28
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Here is another monster that was sold by Artzi...
Here is another monster that was sold by Artzi (43 inches). He identifies it as persian, and the engravings are quite typical persian work (I would guess ?).
I think it is somewhat similar to your...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2005, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 26
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I did not find any kindjal like this in...
I did not find any kindjal like this in Astvatsaturjan or in my archives of ebay. Obviously I lack skills and knowledge to classify kindjals with great precision. My classification was based upon:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2005, 10:30 PM
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my controvercial reply
I tend to disagree. While I dislike "Revival" or "Reproduction" swords, they are not made for collectors. They are made for militant nationalists (showa being a great example) and souvenir lovers....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2005, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 26
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Well, I don't think "amale mussa" or something...
Well, I don't think "amale mussa" or something like this would help us even if it would appear on the scabbard.
1. I don't know if I understood you correctly - there is a mark on the blade, and it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2005, 07:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2005, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 16,529
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2005, 05:45 PM
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