Khevsurian sword

Kiziria · 17th July 2012, 09:48 PM

Greetings Gavin ! Seeing name "freebooter" I did not realised that it were your post, I am sorry. It's been a long time. How are you? How is Jim?

Jim McDougall · 20th July 2012, 03:16 PM

Yay! Its great to see you back Vaho!!!
Thank you for bringing the Khevsur topic back to life, there is so little known on them here, and its wonderful that you share your experience in the field. It is interesting to know more on these 19th century 'Khevsur' photos, and it seems much practiced to have staged photos using props much as here in the 'west' of the US. Many of the American Indian photographs that were posed were using studio props as well as many of the soldiers posed in Civil War period using pretty much the same Bowie knives and Colt pistols.

The Khevsurs as I recall from research some years ago were very much a 'novelty' to Russians, and it was very difficult to obtain information on them from Russian sources.

I hope you'll be posting more on these fascinating arms, it is an incredibly exciting topic and fun to learn more. Welcome back Vaho!!!!

All best regards,
Jim

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17th July 2012, 09:48 PM	#1
Kiziria Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26	Greetings Gavin ! Seeing name "freebooter" I did not realised that it were your post, I am sorry. It's been a long time. How are you? How is Jim?

20th July 2012, 03:16 PM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,193	Yay! Its great to see you back Vaho!!! Thank you for bringing the Khevsur topic back to life, there is so little known on them here, and its wonderful that you share your experience in the field. It is interesting to know more on these 19th century 'Khevsur' photos, and it seems much practiced to have staged photos using props much as here in the 'west' of the US. Many of the American Indian photographs that were posed were using studio props as well as many of the soldiers posed in Civil War period using pretty much the same Bowie knives and Colt pistols. The Khevsurs as I recall from research some years ago were very much a 'novelty' to Russians, and it was very difficult to obtain information on them from Russian sources. I hope you'll be posting more on these fascinating arms, it is an incredibly exciting topic and fun to learn more. Welcome back Vaho!!!! All best regards, Jim