Stamp on a Turkish muzzle loader

rand · 13th September 2007, 02:54 AM

Hey Archer,

Nice looking firearm you have, pattern welded barrel, gold inlaid designs and a makers stamp on the barrel.

Not sure what technique of inlay was used for applying the goldwork. In general the Turkish technique was a triangular punch done in series creating a line that was inlaid with gold.

The Persian tended to use either a dot punch not overlaying the punch marks but also making a line where gold was inlaid. They also used a channel cut and inlay.

Both used a series of groove grooves cut where the body of a larger design was with a line defining the border.

Turkish designs tend to be more symetrical all the time.

My guess from looking at this photo is that your firearm has a Persian made barrel and I suspect the armours mark to be Farsi.

What is the shape of the stock?

rand

13th September 2007, 02:54 AM	#3
rand Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 539	Firearm Hey Archer, Nice looking firearm you have, pattern welded barrel, gold inlaid designs and a makers stamp on the barrel. Not sure what technique of inlay was used for applying the goldwork. In general the Turkish technique was a triangular punch done in series creating a line that was inlaid with gold. The Persian tended to use either a dot punch not overlaying the punch marks but also making a line where gold was inlaid. They also used a channel cut and inlay. Both used a series of groove grooves cut where the body of a larger design was with a line defining the border. Turkish designs tend to be more symetrical all the time. My guess from looking at this photo is that your firearm has a Persian made barrel and I suspect the armours mark to be Farsi. What is the shape of the stock? rand