The "EXPLAIN YOUR AVATAR" Thread!

Luc LEFEBVRE · 5th July 2008, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlantia

These are absolutely spine tingling items! God only knows what the execution technique is with such a bizzare knife, throat slitting I guess?
I bet they work as a deterant!!!

http://lulef.free.fr/html/ngbaka.html

50cm to 60cm

Luc

kahnjar1 · 6th July 2008, 08:27 AM

Great thread !!! It is often difficult to see what the various Avatars are, or if they are only a bit of the item, what the whole looks like!
Mine is an Omani Khanjar from around the 1960s. Due to a typo my calling card is not spelt correctly, but as it is also used elsewhere, I have decided to leave it as is.
Regards Stuart

Yannis · 6th July 2008, 08:55 AM

Mine it is just a khevsur shield. A long story of love, fate and... fakes

(not this one)

Atlantia · 6th July 2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Yannis

................ A long story of love, fate and... fakes

(not this one)

Sounds like a Greek tragedy! ;-)

I'd like to hear it

Yannis · 7th July 2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Atlantia

Sounds like a Greek tragedy! ;-)

I'd like to hear it

It is a long story. In brief:

This shield comes from Tbilisi in 1995 (here there is love, no details

). Then for 9 years I was looking desperate for a khevsur sword. It was impossible. Suddenly I found a source in Athens (fate

) . Me and a friend of mine we bought 8 (!) swords. Half of them were fakes

We lost lot money and pride. But we got some valuable lessons and we still have 2 very good swords.

Atlantia · 7th July 2008, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yannis

It is a long story. In brief:

This shield comes from Tbilisi in 1995 (here there is love, no details

). Then for 9 years I was looking desperate for a khevsur sword. It was impossible. Suddenly I found a source in Athens (fate

) . Me and a friend of mine we bought 8 (!) swords. Half of them were fakes

We lost lot money and pride. But we got some valuable lessons and we still have 2 very good swords.

At least you got two swords (one each?)
Sometimes the nicest things to own are the most trouble to get.

How about a big picture of the shield?

Yannis · 8th July 2008, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Atlantia

How about a big picture of the shield?

IMHO it is the best of what I have seen. Dry leather lining. I have show it to the forum lot of years (5-8?) ago.

6th July 2008, 08:27 AM	#2
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,813	Great thread !!! It is often difficult to see what the various Avatars are, or if they are only a bit of the item, what the whole looks like! Mine is an Omani Khanjar from around the 1960s. Due to a typo my calling card is not spelt correctly, but as it is also used elsewhere, I have decided to leave it as is. Regards Stuart Attached Images

6th July 2008, 08:55 AM	#3
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	Mine it is just a khevsur shield. A long story of love, fate and... fakes (not this one)