Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - An Afghan 'Shashka' for comment and help with translation

GePi · 5th January 2022, 03:43 PM

Hello,
I would like to present an Afghan Shashka (or Pseudoshashka if so inclined) I have recently acquired. It is quite a nice example with ivory grip scales, white metal bolsters with chased inscriptions and a nice Indian style blade with brass inlays.
I also would like to request some help with reading the inscriptions because I can only decipher the easy ones inlaid into the blade. Any other comments are of course also very welcome.

Due to the strange way pictures are sometimes sorted here, I will split them into several posts.

5th January 2022, 03:43 PM	#1
GePi Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 93	An Afghan 'Shashka' for comment and help with translation Hello, I would like to present an Afghan Shashka (or Pseudoshashka if so inclined) I have recently acquired. It is quite a nice example with ivory grip scales, white metal bolsters with chased inscriptions and a nice Indian style blade with brass inlays. I also would like to request some help with reading the inscriptions because I can only decipher the easy ones inlaid into the blade. Any other comments are of course also very welcome. Due to the strange way pictures are sometimes sorted here, I will split them into several posts. Attached Images