23rd January 2013, 01:38 PM | #1 |
Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 39
|
ancient ? Kilij?
|
23rd January 2013, 01:47 PM | #2 |
Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,818
|
Looks brand new.....
Gavin |
23rd January 2013, 02:00 PM | #3 |
Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 737
|
Some years ago I saw swords and daggers with this style in Istambul, mades to the tourist market.
carlos |
23rd January 2013, 02:22 PM | #4 |
Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE
Posts: 4,408
|
Salaams Regihis ~ New But apologies since I ought to clarify that comment; The blade looks like it has been cleaned with a circular machine as the cyclic grinding marks are visible and the pattern is newly cut ...crude, sharp, unworn and new. There is no patina on the item. The decorative inlay is fresh and inexpensive and shall we say applied with the "hot needle" rather than expertly inlaid.
These are common in a lot of souks including Turkey, Sharjah, Pakistan and India and frankly every tourist trap between there and Timbuktu and China (but I would still love to visit every one of them all the same !!) For sure this is a tourist item ~ Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 23rd January 2013 at 04:44 PM. |
23rd January 2013, 09:17 PM | #5 |
Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 39
|
Alaikum As-Salaam Mr. Balooshi,
I am looking for a Kilij and sometimes I get delirious with something. thank you! |
23rd January 2013, 11:08 PM | #6 |
Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Kuwait
Posts: 1,340
|
Oh these.. they are what my fellow collectors say they are.
But I remember seeing some of these with pretty decent crossguards. |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|