Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2021, 06:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2021, 11:37 PM
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More pics
Hi, it’s taking 8-24 hours to upload my posts for some reason. Here is another picture of the entire Persian sword.
Thanks
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2021, 08:31 AM
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Full picture
Here is a full picture of my Persian sword. It had been described as a Qajar Dynasty piece. But some of the floral koftgari on it seems to me to be similar to a Shamshir attributed to the Afsharid...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th April 2021, 06:25 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th April 2021, 06:19 AM
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Hi Ian, my apologies. I’ve been having a hard...
Hi Ian, my apologies. I’ve been having a hard time posting. Some time delay from entry to appearance on the forum. Also I need to shrink the images I have, rather large.
Will add more pics of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th April 2021, 07:19 AM
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Qajar or Afsharid ?
Greetings friends,
I was wondering if anyone may be able to help me determine if this Persian straight sword with unique rounded Zulfiqar tip was made during the Qajar Dynasty or the Afsharid...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th April 2021, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 16
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Thugs
Thanks again Jim for providing such wonderful information. Definitely it’s putting me in a good direction to follow sleuthing for the origins and use of this thugee bonker.
I have a book I read...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th April 2021, 06:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th April 2021, 07:52 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th April 2021, 07:34 AM
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Egerton
I’m wondering if this one may have originally belonged to Egerton. Time for some sleuthing :-)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th April 2021, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 16
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Lohangi Katti
Ian, Philip and Jim, thank you for your responses. Jim, your references are amazing, thank you. I have Egertons entry, but did not know of Sinclair’s. I look forward to digging up his references.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st March 2021, 04:52 AM
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Lohangi Katti Indian Mace
It’s a pleasure to be a new member of this group. I welcome an opportunity to learn from you all.
Here is a recent acquisition that I very much enjoy. It is a Lohangi Katti mace from India, circa...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2021, 05:42 AM
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Lohangi Katti Mace
Hi all. It’s a pleasure to join this group.
I wished to share with you one of my prized acquisitions, a 57 inch Lohangi Katti mace, dating likely from between 1800 and 1800’s from India.
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