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Forum: European Armoury 18th April 2025, 04:58 PM
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Posted By qusko
Scabbard is 70cm long, 8cm wide. Adding...

Scabbard is 70cm long, 8cm wide.

Adding pictures widly available for:
- Storta
- Nimcha

Similar length of the blade.
Forum: European Armoury 18th April 2025, 12:11 PM
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Posted By qusko
Anyone any similar scabbards from Italy?

Anyone any similar scabbards from Italy?
Forum: European Armoury 15th April 2025, 08:56 PM
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Posted By qusko
I have some other old items and certainly...

I have some other old items and certainly durability of that scabbard is significant in comparison to others I have. Inside there is a wood. Outside covered with velvet..and seems cut, repoussed...
Forum: European Armoury 15th April 2025, 08:50 PM
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Posted By qusko
last picture bigger format

last picture bigger format
Forum: European Armoury 15th April 2025, 01:20 PM
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Posted By qusko
Old scabbard identification

Sharing pictures of very nice scabbard. Appriciate any other references to similar ones and identification.

It's very solid and originally was gold plated.

My assesment: potentially italian...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th March 2025, 09:43 PM
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Posted By qusko
Thank you Tatiana. Blade, based on those two...

Thank you Tatiana. Blade, based on those two fragments in the picture looks older. Maybe re-hilted in Qajar era. Do you have any pictures of similar hilts/blades?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd March 2025, 11:35 PM
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Posted By qusko
Persian hilt identification

Trying to find similar hilts examples to the one attached below. Looks like that hilt was a part of the sword (straight blade). Is that persian?

Appreciate any other references you may have.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th October 2024, 12:31 PM
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Posted By qusko
Hi, Just saw similar blade in one of the...

Hi,

Just saw similar blade in one of the past auctions - mentioned as eastern europe hussar's sabre XVII-XVII.

On top of that, same blade I have found in one of the temporary exhibitions in the...
Forum: European Armoury 17th July 2024, 10:10 PM
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Views: 24,077
Posted By qusko
Thank you Ulfberth for help with assessment.

Thank you Ulfberth for help with assessment.
Forum: European Armoury 17th July 2024, 05:06 PM
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Posted By qusko
I have few more with better quality. Original?...

I have few more with better quality. Original? Copy? Type?
Forum: European Armoury 16th July 2024, 04:17 PM
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Posted By qusko
I have only those - with such quality..

I have only those - with such quality..
Forum: European Armoury 16th July 2024, 10:10 AM
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Views: 24,077
Posted By qusko
Close helmet - what's the origin / type

Hi,

Please find attached close helmet. What I found a little bit not typical is that visor part is not opened in separation to main front part. Was that common? or was that appearing in that type...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th July 2024, 08:39 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 29,871
Posted By qusko
Eftihis, Thank you very much for your...

Eftihis,
Thank you very much for your comprehensive answer. You are fully right ! It nicely matches with cretan design, but it is not typical to have it as qama. Anyway Cretan work.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th July 2024, 06:11 PM
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Views: 29,871
Posted By qusko
Persian qama ?

What do you think - persian qama?
Some nice engravins with fishes.
XIX century?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th June 2024, 08:58 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 49,119
Posted By qusko
I was not able to find any other similar blade as...

I was not able to find any other similar blade as the one posted earlier. It might be a a europen trade blade.. can you share your thoughts on date? Any similar baldes you saw?

Adding here full...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th June 2024, 02:37 PM
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Posted By qusko
Indeed persian blades where usually not straight,...

Indeed persian blades where usually not straight, but please look at the example I ve added. That one is with persian trade blade. Last one is with "karabela" (anatomical) hilt.

If it is europen...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th June 2024, 01:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 49,119
Posted By qusko
Indeed persian blades where usually not straight,...

Indeed persian blades where usually not straight, but please look at the example I ve added. That one is with persian trade blade. Last one is with "karabela" (anatomical) hilt.

If it is europen...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th June 2024, 06:25 AM
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Views: 49,119
Posted By qusko
Thank you for your comments. Unfortunately...

Thank you for your comments.

Unfortunately blade has no markings. Indeed it is similar to persian trade blades, might be older. I have attached few Pictures, where similar blade, or hilt shape...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th June 2024, 03:10 PM
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Views: 49,119
Posted By qusko
Old persian sword

Hi,

Can you help me to evaluate how old is that blade and what is the origin?

I suspect persian blade from minimum XVIII.. but maybe XVII..

Hilt is missing but might be ineresting.....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th September 2023, 10:21 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 63,971
Posted By qusko
Seems blade can be from XVII. Do you have any...

Seems blade can be from XVII.
Do you have any suggestions about hilt/scabbard age? - XIX, earlier?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th September 2023, 10:17 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 63,971
Posted By qusko
Jim, Not sure about coral and turquoise, but...

Jim,
Not sure about coral and turquoise, but there is also decoration in red stones (carnelian). I've found Gusbi Jambiya from Yemen with similar decoration.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd September 2023, 07:20 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 63,971
Posted By qusko
Algerian, Yemen sabre?

Hi,

What do you think about the attached saber?
Seems that it may come from Algeria, or Yemen... for me it looks like more from Yemen (hilt type) based on other posts:
...
Forum: European Armoury 12th May 2023, 09:38 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 11,621
Posted By qusko
Fernando, Jim - thank you for all your answers. ...

Fernando, Jim - thank you for all your answers.

To add to that thread, I've found some other not typical example, with the cup fixed by screws not on the top of the cup, but on the sides of the...
Forum: European Armoury 11th May 2023, 12:03 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 11,621
Posted By qusko
Indeed not typical... I've found some...

Indeed not typical...

I've found some example with strange add on on the cup (on top of the screws)
Forum: European Armoury 9th May 2023, 09:45 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 11,621
Posted By qusko
Hi Fernando, I have found some examples at...

Hi Fernando,

I have found some examples at http://www.thais.it/citta_italiane/firenze/index/museo_stibbert/pag_05.htm

Some rapiers are described as North European, German ... in Spanish style....
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