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Forum: European Armoury
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![]() Fair enough, the photography merely seemed familiar. I won't comment further other than the inlay rings many alarm bells already detailed nicely by Reventlov. |
Forum: European Armoury
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The blade geometry based on the small photos looks likely to indicate a locally made blade. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() This does not strike me as a blade that was ever in takouba mounts. Better pictures will of course be needed to give a more detailed opinion. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The pommel was often formed purely from leather. Wrapped until the desired width of the pommel was achieved. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() This is Sudanese. This style was in vogue during the Mhadist period. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Yep, that's the usual blade size, these are very much of a size, although the exact length of fullers etc seems to vary a little due to the hand made nature. Given the extensive use of water powered... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Yes Jim, I would not dispute a Kull attribution for the blade and a mid 19th century dating. The guards are still a bit of a mystery in that we know they were made locally but have the one odd... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Yes, it mimics European latten work on blade marks which I have detailed on various takouba before. Just two examples are attached. I think as well it was likely done in bulk in a workshop for... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Yes the blade is circa 1850. The guards were also exported it appears. There is a period French reference for this. The inlay is almost certainly local. So potentially the guard is European made.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Far as I can see it is exactly what it appears to be. Good quality guard and Solingen export blade. Other buyers may have been put off by the hilt condition and lack of scabbard? :shrug: Congrats... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Agreed, my point was simply that in a broader sense, these hilts were being found within these areas. One was even discovered in Poland a few years ago. Returning a little closer to Yemen, similar... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() These hilt styles, often made with cast parts and a "cuff" extension over the blade are part of a larger family with roots in central Asia. Similar hilts can be seen on reliefs documented in Bishapur... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() An interesting piece, as Ed has alluded to this is very much a collection if differing elements. The hilt style is found on daggers in areas like Dongola and Kordafan. The silver is a reused... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() You will find some rust under the dark patches for sure. By the way Edster is the author of the article series on kaskara. I agree with the dating. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The others have summed this up quite well, almost certainly a northern Italian blade of the late 16th century. I think this likely had a guard at some point, however it still remains one of the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Depending on the geometry and steel quality it would certainly be a possibility. These older blades generally have a very gentle lenticular cross section after the fuller, newer ones new seem to be... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The hilt I'm confident is 18 or early 19th century work. The blade likely came into the North African Ottoman sphere very early via alexandria. I would guess in the 16th century where it remained.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() This was acquired for a friend, so I have been documenting it. Nothing we haven't discussed before, but a very nice blade with running wolf and cross and orb with original latten corresponding to the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Agreed, I have always thought these were poured, rather than using the latten method. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() There is no doubt in my mind the marks were applied within Germany. Keep in mind that we are talking about a process which involved a lot of manual labor still, marks were not invariably struck to... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Yes, its a genuine Kull, the copper fills I think were done locally as I've seen the same blade in takouba mounts without the fills but usually kaskara have them. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hi Jim, one of the struggles I find is that a small set of examples with certain features is always the most well known, usually the ones publically exhibited. This leads to a case of naturally being... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hi Jim, This mark is rather obscure to have been an attempt to raise value in my opinion. The volumes of blades marked in this manner I think would have been very low. Disregarding the 'cross & orb'... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hi Jim, based on my experience this definitely is not locally applied and is consistent with European engraving. Of course I could be wrong! But I would be very surprised! |
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