Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2017, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 12
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Hi Stuart,
Don't know much about these muskets,...
Hi Stuart,
Don't know much about these muskets, but a quick search shows that these names may be interchangeable. Both are used for long muskets from Ottoman Balkans, mainly from Albania, but also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2017, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 12,882
Nice
Hi, nice choora! Not very old though. I think that they are still made today, so 1944 is not that young either. As for the Arabic scipt, I read "wa'sai" but I am new to reading Arabic and I am not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2017, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 127,224
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2017, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 127,224
OK. I said it was just an observation. I don't...
OK. I said it was just an observation. I don't know much about swords, but in the Ottoman Empire there was a lot of movement, so basically, anything is possible. I can only say that the decoration...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2017, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 127,224
This is not a learned comment, just an...
This is not a learned comment, just an observation. If the pommel shape is indeed an architectural reference, which I tend to agree with, then it is more likely a reference to the monumental Timorid...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2017, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,843
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2017, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,374
Nimcha
Hi Alexander,
Stuart is right, of course. Nothing to do with "real", full size nimcha sabers from Algeria and Morocco. Your sword is what is called "ceremonial" nimcha and it is not made for real...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2017, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 44,867
Condolances
As new member, I didn't know him, but I enjoyed his posts and the wonderful items he showed in them. We exchanged several messages and he was very nice to me despite my ignorance. Goodbye and rest in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2017, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,335
Sajen
Thanks Detlef,
Despite my early suspitions, I was still hoping it would turn out to be original, because the style of decoration looked distinctly European. But I can see the clear resemblance to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2017, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,335
Cretan knife with East Asian scabbard?
Dear members,
I just bought this small Cretan knife/dagger and it came with a worked wood scabbard. I already suspected that the scabbard may not be original. I asked Oriental Arms and he affirmed...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2017, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 22,051
Damscus??
Could it be that the blade is original Ottoman, but the kofgari is recently "re-done"? This is very common practice nowdays, epecially in Rhajastan. Another option is that it has been bought new or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2017, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 22,051
Pictures
Just to illustrate my point. The first one is from 1900-1920. Look at the sword below. The second one is from the well-known Aref el Aref series from the 1930'. There are several types visible. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2017, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 22,051
Damascus??
Hi, I am certainly not an expert on any sword, but the style of decoration on the guard and sheath look Syrian to me. Kilij-type swords were made in Damascus well into the 20th century and were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2017, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 21,546
Facinating
Hi Kubur,
Cenrtainly a strange one, but to me, a facinating and unique piece. As a proponent of fasion over function as origin of weapon shapes, I am not bothered by apparent lack of funionality,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2017, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,911
And another one for Oriental Arms
Forgot to ask something. What do you know, or think about the twin daggers shown in A.alnakkas' post. The big curved ones with large studs.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2017, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,911
To Oriental Arms
First, Oriental Arms, you are probably right about the shibriyas- you are still a much better source than I am. It is just that when I showed any dagger to my Arab friends, who are by not knowlegable...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2017, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,911
Terminology
Hi A.alnakkas,
I actually thought that the name shibriya was not used outside Israel/Jordan +Sinai. Western collectors always talk about the Khanjars of Oman, the Janbiyas of Yemen, Najran and Hejaz...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2017, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,911
Shibriyas?
Hi A.alnakkas,
Thanks for showing this great group of daggers with a nice, but puzzeling mixture of traits. You obviously know more than I do about these Saudi Arabian daggers, but I can speculate...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2017, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,548
To Oriental Arms
Hi Oriental Arms and thank you for showing some great examples of this type of daggers. Another feature that is common to Palestinian and Jordanian daggers (but laso to Sabik to the south) and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2017, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,548
Another one
Hello,
Just bought another one, thank to help from Sajen who put me in contac with the seller. This appears to be a camel head (??). The reason I show it is that it has a cross on the blade, showing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2017, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,548
To Bandook
Hi Rajesh, Thanks for posting this. Your dagger belongs to the same extended family of village-made small daggers from Southern Syria, Southern Lebanon and Israel. They all appear around 1900 and I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th February 2017, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,548
Little-know daggers from Israel/Palestine
Hello, I want to share these daggers from my collection because they are probably unfamiliar to most of you. In addition, if any of you have a similar one, I kindly ask you to share it with me and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th February 2017, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 31,052
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd February 2017, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 37,880
The missing link?
Thanks Stuart for posting this link.
Previosly in this thread, I suggested that shibriyas with the characteristic recurve blade developed out of similar daggers with dog-leg blade around WWI. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2017, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 37,880
To Miguel
Hi Miguel, I hope you are not too dissapointed by my comment. You have a nice group of shybriyas representing both the hay day of shibriyas making with two older and rarer types. You were also right...
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