Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th July 2022, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 17
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Nice takouba sword for comments
Hello dear members,
I want to show you this takouba sword,
I think it is not really old but I found it is a large and lovely model , not too expensive and this time,
my wife found the sword...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2022, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 112,294
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2022, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 112,294
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2022, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 112,294
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2022, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 112,294
Hello,
Thank you Ariel for your messages, ...
Hello,
Thank you Ariel for your messages,
I did some research on internet,
I found this interesting caucasian knife
Dates 1880
with an afghan damascus blade and a renforced tip.
There is a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th July 2022, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 112,294
Hello dear members,
I finally got it ! ( I...
Hello dear members,
I finally got it ! ( I only had the seller pictures thats why I couldn't post more before)
The blade seems good and not recent work with what seems to me a large enough...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2022, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 112,294
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2022, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 112,294
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2022, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 14,902
Seems a good one...:)
There is not always a...
Seems a good one...:)
There is not always a silver stamp or maker's mark
as this similar caucasian kindjal from Czerny's. $$
If you want to be sure, you can test it with a silver acid kit or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2022, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 17,727
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2022, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 10,355
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
15th May 2022, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,269
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
4th May 2022, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,269
Hello,
really good idea about Surya sun god...
Hello,
really good idea about Surya sun god ( and the missing sun flowers/ lotus...?)
Here a picture of a similar work on alabaster with gilted parts and painted,
22 inches high, said to be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2022, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 14,815
Hello and Thank's a lot Werecow for your...
Hello and Thank's a lot Werecow for your comments,
Really nice quaddara ! sadly not yours ( neither mine :) )
what is uncommon in this kindjal are as you said these large knobs/rivets,
2cm/...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2022, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 14,815
another kindjal; big rivets and huge final ball
Hello dear members,
I have this kindjal to show you and ask about origin,
it is a mix of what seems ''average'' recent work with some fine silver wires ans details.
the blade seems good with...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2022, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 23,949
You're welcome !
Really nice and interesting...
You're welcome !
Really nice and interesting pommel !!
if it's silver, you can try to open the gem settings without damage it.
I found an hungarian 17th-18th century sword with almost the same...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd April 2022, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 23,949
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd April 2022, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 23,949
Nice sword !
The blade seems clearly earlier...
Nice sword !
The blade seems clearly earlier than the hilt.
It reminds me a pallash sword I have with an early european blade with a Passau wolf mounted on a 19th-20th nielled hilt and scabbard...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2022, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 17,869
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2022, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,188
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2022, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,188
some pictures of the blade,
fullers were...
some pictures of the blade,
fullers were etched I think ,
( but the rusty side of the blade can look like a pattern too and all can be folded steel ??)
we can see remains of old damascening...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2022, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,188
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2022, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,188
hello again ;)
I found this one on internet,...
hello again ;)
I found this one on internet,
exactly the same work but for a smaller blade , and just no mother of pearl...
sold as an ottoman dagger and said to be 19th century...
With...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2022, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,188
Ottoman ? Kindjal/qama with unusual scabbard
Hello dear members,
I wanted to show you this kindjal/qama dagger,
the dagger must be 19th century with nice horn hilt and some gold koftgari remains
but the scabbard is strange:
Not...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st January 2022, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,207
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