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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hold your horses as it is a little premature since it doesn't have to be a Muslim one ... Please allow me to explain: the Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Slovens, Croats and Serbs, later changed to... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Yep, thank you. Actually a kılıç or also sometimes called kilij, being the Bosnian and Ottoman name for it ( meaning sword). Remains strange to have the shamshir / kılıç together... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() the blade has a double mark. Normally with the longer bichaqs one sees a double "f" ( versus a single "f" for a normal size bichaq ), but this one has 2 different ones on 1 blade: I never met 2... |
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![]() the "strangeness" is in the grip: I only saw a similar-ish placed here by member Valjhun in 2008 and by a US seller ( the latter with regards to the ferrule) The top of the handle is very nicely... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() my recent addition is a strange one as I only found 2 bichaqs which came close. First of all its dimensions: total length 35 cm blade: 22 cm ferrule 2 cm handle: 11 cm |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() some better pics on the 2 green sets after cleaning the dirt and a little corrosion I did not notice before & when buying them, nor was it anyway to be seen on the sellers advert an issue I found... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() and with reference to Jose's excellent restoration, two pictures of Bosnian Yataghans with some fine filigree craftsmanship from Sarajevo's Baščaršija. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() very beautiful done. Question: as the blade looks like new now, what about the grip? Do you do something with or to the grip or leave it as is ? FYI: I treated the wooden handle of some pre 1870... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() ) it is beautiful and of added value ( moneywise I would not know as I lack that knowledge but defenitely from a conservation point of view. Respeito |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Thnx a lot for your input, highly appreciated. As for preservation I fully understand the need. But that requires often (almost) professional level knowledge with many cold weapons. Or like Detlef... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() No problem and no offence intended but first hit on google: "It is best not to clean rare coins as removing the patina can significantly reduce the value of them. For this reason, most coin... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() than I have been taken for a ride...can you add the correct picture ? |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() thank you for correcting me! Hereby 2 pics of the mentioned filigree lhanjar |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Much obliged ! I agree as I carefully clean bone and leather and metal with colorless almond oil or vaseline ( as I did with coins and medals) in order to loosen the dirt from the item and feed the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() Next a paperknife in form of a dagger, silver plated,filigree decoration by W S Cornish at Wembly Exhibition, London, England, 1924-1925 ( A2671) an a later reproduction from Israel |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() Also very interesting is this antique Russian letter opener from around 1900 |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() some more filigree art. First another broche and based upon the "ball" type it could be from Southern Dalamatia ( Dubrovnik/Ragusa or Bay of Kotor / Boka Kotorska, Kotor/Cattaro) to Italy and Sicily... |
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![]() Being the new kid on the block and hence not familiar with the criteria collectors and the rules of selling, read determination of value, I am rather amazed and sometimes shocked (hope this doesn't... |
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![]() I stumbled on a very interesting article which might be interesting to some of you and so I would like to share this article from Kuwaiti collector of arms and armour, Abdallatif Ali... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() just new in my collection 4 sets: bone, brass and steel, nickel plated white bone: length 20,3 cm, forks 19 cm green bone: length 21,3 cm, forks 20,8 cm |
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![]() as I was looking for a rare book, I noticed that the Met museum has a lot of legal free downloads . Not only the specific book I was looking for, but also on other arms and armour. Hence I want to... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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![]() many, especially rugby lovers, know the famous Haka of the Kiwi's ... but this one I dare say is more interesting as it shows the dancers in full regalia... |
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