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A.alnakkas · 23rd February 2011, 05:44 AM

Thanks all for your kind comments.

Dom, about kuwait souq's, you will find them very empty of antiques now. From what information i gathered, it was drained of antiques by 2004. This is due to tourists buying the real stuff here + kuwaiti's use antique swords as decoration and "fake" heirlooms. I spent a good time visiting antique shops + traditional markets and i havent seen anything except a sword here and there in antique shops but those sell fast.

There are collectors but no contact between them and so far i dont know anyone personally which slows the whole process. People pointed me to an old kuwaiti gentleman who collects but also pointed out that it might be hard to reach him so i never tried, maybe i will later. My collection will grow though as i began buying stuff online (Gav shipped my first yataghan yesterday and am happy :-) and also soon am getting 2 nimcha's off Mjamerks)

Its been a year of collecting but i have great ambitions and hope that one day am satisfied (that day wont come :P)

Will post pictures of the daggers soon as Gene requested but those 3 Pesh kabz need cleaning and etching maybe wootz is under those layers of rust. Though one of them i cleaned because it had blood, yep blood, I was surprised at first but do hope its animal blood :P

Thanks again guys!

23rd February 2011, 05:44 AM	#12
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,340	Thanks all for your kind comments. Dom, about kuwait souq's, you will find them very empty of antiques now. From what information i gathered, it was drained of antiques by 2004. This is due to tourists buying the real stuff here + kuwaiti's use antique swords as decoration and "fake" heirlooms. I spent a good time visiting antique shops + traditional markets and i havent seen anything except a sword here and there in antique shops but those sell fast. There are collectors but no contact between them and so far i dont know anyone personally which slows the whole process. People pointed me to an old kuwaiti gentleman who collects but also pointed out that it might be hard to reach him so i never tried, maybe i will later. My collection will grow though as i began buying stuff online (Gav shipped my first yataghan yesterday and am happy :-) and also soon am getting 2 nimcha's off Mjamerks) Its been a year of collecting but i have great ambitions and hope that one day am satisfied (that day wont come :P) Will post pictures of the daggers soon as Gene requested but those 3 Pesh kabz need cleaning and etching maybe wootz is under those layers of rust. Though one of them i cleaned because it had blood, yep blood, I was surprised at first but do hope its animal blood :P Thanks again guys!