Zulfikar sold on ebay?

ALEX · 10th January 2008, 09:23 AM

Many beautiful and prized swords are "impractical" and made for ceremonial, religious, art, etc purposes. This one is very nice and rare form sword, depicted in many cataloques and books. Artzi is definitely knows what he's doing! Congratulations to him.

Sikh_soldier · 10th January 2008, 12:25 PM

Thank you to everyone for your comments, I understand now that other factors such as symbolic, religous etc are also considered when purchasing.

I would like to make clear that I did not mean to offend the buyer,
I recognised and value his experience and expertise, and knew immediately that it must be worth the price or even more.

Its just that I am new to collecting and was trying to understand whether I should try to include such pieces in my collection, I have always liked bespoke pieces like this and indeed purchased a strange one last year although it is no where near the quality of this piece (pics added), I was going to post it on the forum but it was already being discussed everyone was highly critical of it due to its practicality (balance etc) so I saved myself the embarassement

and buried my head in the sand

Regards
Bally

Pukka Bundook · 10th January 2008, 02:16 PM

Very interesting looking piece, Bally......But don't ask me to make a scabbard for it!!!!!

Thank you for showing it!.

Richard..

Jens Nordlunde · 10th January 2008, 03:33 PM

The easy part is to make the scabbard, the hard part would be to get it out of the scabbard

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Richard Furrer · 10th January 2008, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

The easy part is to make the scabbard, the hard part would be to get it out of the scabbard

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Jens,
I disagree...the hard part is making all those little crescent cuts in the edge with a file and getting them even.

Ric

Jens Nordlunde · 10th January 2008, 04:12 PM

Ric

Yes, I should have thought of that

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Jens

Sikh_soldier · 12th January 2008, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pukka Bundook

Very interesting looking piece, Bally......But don't ask me to make a scabbard for it!!!!!

Thank you for showing it!.

Richard..

Hmmm, now that you mention it Richard, I may have a few pieces that would love to be worked on by a master scabbard maker!

10th January 2008, 12:25 PM	#2
Sikh_soldier Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 87	Thank you to everyone for your comments, I understand now that other factors such as symbolic, religous etc are also considered when purchasing. I would like to make clear that I did not mean to offend the buyer, I recognised and value his experience and expertise, and knew immediately that it must be worth the price or even more. Its just that I am new to collecting and was trying to understand whether I should try to include such pieces in my collection, I have always liked bespoke pieces like this and indeed purchased a strange one last year although it is no where near the quality of this piece (pics added), I was going to post it on the forum but it was already being discussed everyone was highly critical of it due to its practicality (balance etc) so I saved myself the embarassement and buried my head in the sand Regards Bally Attached Images

10th January 2008, 03:33 PM	#4
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	The easy part is to make the scabbard, the hard part would be to get it out of the scabbard.

10th January 2008, 04:12 PM	#6
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Ric Yes, I should have thought of that. Jens

10th January 2008, 09:23 AM	#1
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Many beautiful and prized swords are "impractical" and made for ceremonial, religious, art, etc purposes. This one is very nice and rare form sword, depicted in many cataloques and books. Artzi is definitely knows what he's doing! Congratulations to him.

10th January 2008, 02:16 PM	#3
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Very interesting looking piece, Bally......But don't ask me to make a scabbard for it!!!!! Thank you for showing it!. Richard..