High quality Qajar blades

Roland_M · 15th February 2018, 11:58 AM

Hello Kubur,

These are very beautiful blades, the dagger is typical for Qajar-era.

But I see snakes on Qajar-blades for the first time, very interesting.

All I can say is that European medieval swords also often got a snake in the middle of the blade. As far as I know no one really knows the meaning of the snake. Maybe something religious or the blade is deadly like a snake.

Here is my Qajar-era dagger before and after restoration. Not completely finished now, the contrast is too weak.

Roland

15th February 2018, 11:58 AM	#6
Roland_M Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 525	Hello Kubur, These are very beautiful blades, the dagger is typical for Qajar-era. But I see snakes on Qajar-blades for the first time, very interesting. All I can say is that European medieval swords also often got a snake in the middle of the blade. As far as I know no one really knows the meaning of the snake. Maybe something religious or the blade is deadly like a snake. Here is my Qajar-era dagger before and after restoration. Not completely finished now, the contrast is too weak. Roland Attached Images