Persian Jambiya

erlikhan · 12th July 2005, 11:58 PM

close up views made me think the decorations are not hand chiselling but easier acid-wax process, only interior human and other details being hand carved.any opinions?
here are the pictures of my 5 fingers. hilt,scabbard and the blade real hand chiselled both sides. gold on hilt and scabbard, and gold koftgari on both sides of the blade. tips are strong and nice but still edges are not sharp.

Aurangzeb · 13th July 2005, 01:48 AM

Hi erlikhan!

I have never heard of this process before tell me about it please I am interested. Very nice I like the way the tips are close together on yours, I have to push mine down to get it in it's sheath. Today I was examining the blade iteriors hunting out rust when I noticed the blades have a faint swirly pattern on them, what chould it be? It is hard to take pictures of the iterior parts but I will try later if I feel like getting out of the " comfy cahir".

Mark...

P.s.- I have a Tuareg dagger coming from Ghana is 21 day shipping seem fast or slow boat?

12th July 2005, 11:58 PM	#1
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	close up views made me think the decorations are not hand chiselling but easier acid-wax process, only interior human and other details being hand carved.any opinions? here are the pictures of my 5 fingers. hilt,scabbard and the blade real hand chiselled both sides. gold on hilt and scabbard, and gold koftgari on both sides of the blade. tips are strong and nice but still edges are not sharp. Attached Images Last edited by erlikhan; 13th July 2005 at 12:19 AM.

13th July 2005, 01:48 AM	#2
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Hi erlikhan! I have never heard of this process before tell me about it please I am interested. Very nice I like the way the tips are close together on yours, I have to push mine down to get it in it's sheath. Today I was examining the blade iteriors hunting out rust when I noticed the blades have a faint swirly pattern on them, what chould it be? It is hard to take pictures of the iterior parts but I will try later if I feel like getting out of the " comfy cahir". Mark... P.s.- I have a Tuareg dagger coming from Ghana is 21 day shipping seem fast or slow boat? Last edited by Aurangzeb; 13th July 2005 at 01:59 AM.