Shamshir with serpentine blade - age?

RSWORD · 4th February 2013, 12:35 PM

Welcome to the forum! Thanks for sharing a nice Ottoman shamshir. I would date this example to the early 19th century. I would speculate that the blade started out life as a pure shamshir blade and later in life was altered into this serpentine shape. Still, nicely done as it seems to have pretty good flow and uniformity throughout. If you rotate your picture of the cartouche there are members on the forum that might be able to translate it.

4th February 2013, 12:35 PM	#3
RSWORD Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,087	Welcome to the forum! Thanks for sharing a nice Ottoman shamshir. I would date this example to the early 19th century. I would speculate that the blade started out life as a pure shamshir blade and later in life was altered into this serpentine shape. Still, nicely done as it seems to have pretty good flow and uniformity throughout. If you rotate your picture of the cartouche there are members on the forum that might be able to translate it.