Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2017, 06:46 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2017, 04:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2017, 03:48 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2017, 03:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2017, 03:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th October 2017, 03:18 PM
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1909 Russian Dragoon Officer Shahska. Not Bad.
Here is a Tsarist-era Dragoon Officer Shashka.
Zlatoust manufacture.
Interestingly has a Cyrillic 'G' carved on the grip by an early owner.
Very clean overall, not at all heavy in hand or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2017, 03:05 PM
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Caucasus Pistol circa 1800, Bird Theme
Hello People,
Hope you are having a good day.
The pistol...Nice piece I picked up a while ago...sold as something different!
Inlaid bone, brass, mother of pearl....silver barrel band.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2017, 02:15 PM
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A Qama or Quadara
Horn grips
Remains of Koftari
Makers mark
Acid etched imitation of Damascus
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2017, 04:26 PM
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Napoleonic? Hangar type grip, Straight blade
Hello All,
Hope we are having a good day.
What do we think of this? French/Continental? Naval? Circa 1780?
Straight blade, 81 cm -Blade older than grips?
Basket hilt, one branch period...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2017, 06:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2017, 11:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2017, 10:08 PM
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Qama, Large Kindjal. Tbilisi?
Good Evening All,
Would you agree (from my poor lazy-Sunday pics) that this may be a Armenian-made Qama from Tbilisi circa.1850?
Re makers mark: I have no specific reference to hand, my guess...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th September 2017, 05:29 PM
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Many thanks for all the helpful comments.
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Many thanks for all the helpful comments.
The threaded tang and pommel nut had led to me dismissing the Napoleonic era possibility, but my experience thus far has been rather limited, I haven't...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th September 2017, 01:34 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th September 2017, 09:45 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th September 2017, 08:14 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th September 2017, 07:55 PM
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Hi, thanks for helpful responses.
My comment...
Hi, thanks for helpful responses.
My comment on the lower suspension ring was only to say that I think it was the main 'load bearer', with the sabre intended to hang vertically, not at 45 degrees,...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th September 2017, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 17
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Sabre I.D. -Naval? -Diplomatic?
Hello All,
This is my first post, greetings to you all. I was wondering if you could help me ID this sabre.
A few initial observations: The casting is of high quality. The blade is good steel,...
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