Go on...show us your Choora!!

ariel · 2nd November 2014, 04:24 PM

Thanks Gavin,
Good beginning of a database. The main problem is that it is likely to be Bukhara and Afghanistan.

Capt. Masalski saw manufacture of Central-Asian wootz in the 1850s if my memory is correct.

Any documented evidence of its production in Afganistan proper, especially around the Khyber Pass? Kabul or Jellalabad, as per Egerton?

ariel · 2nd November 2014, 04:27 PM

DavidR:
Can you show magnified pic? I can' t see wootz pattern.

David R · 2nd November 2014, 04:32 PM

ariel, I do not think this is wootz, more likely a folded steel.

Kurt · 2nd November 2014, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David R

ariel, I do not think this is wootz, more likely a folded steel.

I am of the same opinion!
Kurt

ariel · 4th November 2014, 01:50 AM

Ah so...
:-)

Gavin Nugent · 4th December 2014, 12:22 PM

Here is a snap of a high end Khyber with a wootz blade and fittings.

Gavin

ariel · 5th December 2014, 11:00 PM

Here is my Choora: handle is horn with multiple small nails, all decorative parts are brass. The interesting thing is the thin line of turquoises below the bolster, on both sides.
The scabbard is made of ass hide ( not THAT ass! The one that is a donkey, and has long ears!:-))

When and where would you put it?

4th December 2014, 12:22 PM	#6
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Another Here is a snap of a high end Khyber with a wootz blade and fittings. Gavin Attached Images

5th December 2014, 11:00 PM	#7
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Here is my Choora: handle is horn with multiple small nails, all decorative parts are brass. The interesting thing is the thin line of turquoises below the bolster, on both sides. The scabbard is made of ass hide ( not THAT ass! The one that is a donkey, and has long ears!:-)) When and where would you put it? Attached Images

2nd November 2014, 04:24 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Thanks Gavin, Good beginning of a database. The main problem is that it is likely to be Bukhara and Afghanistan. Capt. Masalski saw manufacture of Central-Asian wootz in the 1850s if my memory is correct. Any documented evidence of its production in Afganistan proper, especially around the Khyber Pass? Kabul or Jellalabad, as per Egerton?

2nd November 2014, 04:27 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	DavidR: Can you show magnified pic? I can' t see wootz pattern.

2nd November 2014, 04:32 PM	#3
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,120	ariel, I do not think this is wootz, more likely a folded steel.

4th November 2014, 01:50 AM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Ah so... :-)