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Old 18th May 2011, 06:32 PM   #14
Ibrahiim al Balooshi
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Originally Posted by Dom
after some refurbishing ... mainly on scabbard
renovations incomplete, the blade would need a polishing severe
too many black spots, and the metal is severely attacked
but I have neither the tools, and more particularly the qualities to undertake such a job
I'd wait to go to Istanbul, in default of, Damascus, if that last country is still suffering

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Salaams, I found the sword that goes with the design style on the daggers.. Ottoman 19th Century. In a Sothebys Catalogue 8 years ago. Ibrahiim Al Balooshi
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