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14th June 2006, 08:40 PM
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Wow! Thankyou Ariell! thats brilliant!
Can you quote sources or show other examples or other weapons from there by any chance? any dates? any other info at all? cheers! Spiral |
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14th June 2006, 09:05 PM
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I think the issue of uzbek/afgani shashkas (of which Ariel is a prominent collectors) comes up here and now. I also think some of them belong to the above mentioned arsenal.
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14th June 2006, 09:06 PM
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14th June 2006, 09:25 PM
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Thankyou Rick! Rivkin!
Getting this kukri has been the only thing that saved today bieng realy poor! So to get this info after has realy made my day! Can anyone read the date? that would top it! Thankyou Spiral  Thankyou Spiral |
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14th June 2006, 09:39 PM
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1312 a.h., or 1894/95 a.d.
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14th June 2006, 09:46 PM
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But it has a brass bolster
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14th June 2006, 09:49 PM
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Wow thank you Rivkin! JP was right then! I though it was nearer WW1.
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14th June 2006, 09:50 PM
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Indeed Tim! but its not Nepali or Indian!
 Its from outside the box! Spiral |
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14th June 2006, 09:54 PM
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Yes but it is there, you can now no longer be certain of non issue items elsewhere. Saying that these might have been commissioned.
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