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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th October 2023, 01:31 AM
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Posted By AvtoGaz
Opinions on "Kurdish-Armenian" Yatagans?

These rare weapons are often modified European blades with a yatagan hilt and persianesque decoration. I recently discovered a picture of one with a rather spectacular curve, complete with an...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th October 2023, 01:28 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 14,509
Posted By AvtoGaz
Well that specific sun wheel symbol (arevakhatch...

Well that specific sun wheel symbol (arevakhatch in Armenian) is quite a dead giveaway, it only really carries a significance for Armenian and Georgian people, where its often found on art,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st October 2023, 04:13 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 14,509
Posted By AvtoGaz
My Pleasure :)

My Pleasure :)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2023, 10:54 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 14,509
Posted By AvtoGaz
Upon further research, I've managed to find more...

Upon further research, I've managed to find more definitive evidence as well as many more pictures of such weapons. A Turkish auction house sold some of them, both caplocks and flintlocks, recently...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th September 2023, 06:29 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 14,509
Posted By AvtoGaz
Weapons manufacturing in the City of Zeytun

This is a follow-up to an old post made by user rickystl, linked here:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24230&highlight=Interesting+Balkan+long

A rare long gun with an uncertain...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th June 2023, 06:48 PM
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Views: 16,897
Posted By AvtoGaz
A very interesting find, I was not aware of this...

A very interesting find, I was not aware of this illustration or the book. The curvature of the blades of these weapons certainly lines up with those of these Kurdish-Armenian yatagans, and even the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th June 2023, 05:10 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 16,897
Posted By AvtoGaz
May I perhaps suggest a Hemshin Armenian origin....

May I perhaps suggest a Hemshin Armenian origin. The Hemshins live mostly in Turkey but a group of them also used to live in Adjara in the Georgian SSR, but were deported to Central Asia at the same...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th June 2023, 11:58 AM
Replies: 541
Views: 1,961,245
Posted By AvtoGaz
The Armenian princes of Zeytun

The Armenian princes of Zeytun
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd June 2023, 06:18 AM
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Views: 1,961,245
Posted By AvtoGaz
Armenians

Armenians
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th December 2022, 12:07 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 6,513
Posted By AvtoGaz
The letters could be stylized versions of those...

The letters could be stylized versions of those yes.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th December 2022, 10:15 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 6,513
Posted By AvtoGaz
Armenian Kindjal/Bebut

Here is another piece from my collection. Armenian, mid-late 19th century. The koftgari on the blade spells out "ԲՍԱԸԹԽ" (BSAEHTKH), which is neither a name nor a word in the Armenian language.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2022, 04:50 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,975
Posted By AvtoGaz
Unique Kindjal for Comment

I purchased this Kindjal from Armenia. I am an amateur collector but I have seen hundreds of Kindjals and owned quite a few as well, and I have never seen one in these proportions. The handle is...
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