![]() |
![]() |
#1 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 177
|
![]()
my new jambiya. qajar period
18 eme or 19 eme ? you opinion |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 936
|
![]()
It's easy, Galvano, as it could be only one opinion - Very Nice:-)
Nice walrus hilt of above average quality. The blade appears to be wootz. You're right - Persian/Qajar, 19th Cent. Very elegant jambiya. Would benefit from light blade cleaning and etching as it appears to have small amounts of rust, but do NOT clean the hilt. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 177
|
![]()
soon at home - )
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG)
Posts: 1,142
|
![]()
WHhhooaaaa !!
![]() too beauty ![]() completly agree with Alex comments, nothing to add à + Dom |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 5,503
|
![]()
Khorasani published several of them in his book; most taken from Artzi and Avner's collection and attributed to Dr. David Darom ( why?).
They are bizarre, to my mind, with their "domestic bliss" motive or occasional frank pornography. Can't imagine them used as weapons ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 177
|
![]()
news photos
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 936
|
![]()
Very nice pictures! The decoration motif on the scabbard fittings does not look Persian, it looks more like Ottoman/Turkish work to me, 19th Century in my opinion. Makes it even more interesting:-) The tip is obviously missing and was shortened as a repair(?). Very nice court/ceremonial dagger indeed. Agree with Ariel - too beautiful for combat purposes:-)
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 5,503
|
![]()
No, not Ottoman. They had better taste
![]() The one from Artzi's collection ( subsequently published by Khorasani) shows couples engaging in sexual intercourse in different positions and another naked woman watching them and an inscription " You stabbed me hard 1000 times, but I would not die unless you stab me with this blade" ( I changed the Khorasani's translation a bit to make it readable). Khorasani then explained that it was likely a gift to a man from his loving wife and the depiction of another woman was just to excite his sexual fantasy. Ottomans used ornaments of carnations and tulips. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 |
Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 116
|
![]()
excellent dagger !!
you have a beauty there... i'd bet there is some very nice patterning fulad on that blade.... ofcourse it is functional.. and a nice slicer ! - it should easily etch a nice dark Persian pattern ... with ivory handle.. oh that is fantastic i'm not sure the case goes with it... there is no denying its a beaut ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 177
|
![]()
your opinion? any polishing
Last edited by galvano; 14th March 2009 at 02:12 PM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 177
|
![]()
please
what is the form for the point of the scabbard ? thanks |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 | |
Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG)
Posts: 1,142
|
![]() Quote:
Adam has a strong effect to watch Eva naked ... where is that Islam ![]() times blessed by God ![]() (unable to translate the 2 cartouches, coze .. farsi, not arabic) à + Dom |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 177
|
![]()
please your opinion.
thanks |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 |
Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 116
|
![]()
its shines like a pearl
very lucky to own it ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 |
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 177
|
![]()
yes greg
I like wootz but this one is very beautiful. I want to have only wootz in my collection!!!!! |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
|