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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Here is a pic of an Omani one which I have, which is definitely designed for , and is on its original belt.
Stu
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Yes it is interesting as
http://www.omanisilver.com/contents..._Matchlock.html who as I say have gotten their act together much better but who infuriatingly do not allow cut n paste or any such copying even for educational and research purposes ...hisss!!! appear to suggest that these systems may not have had a belt... They may be right and as I see it the difficulty in deciding if these are all genuine belts is by no means easy and since they are leather I tend to agree they may be added later ....it is difficult to say... but they suggest not. I was always of the opinion that they came with a belt... but that is because the Omani tendency to wear gun belts with Martini Henry ...and before that who knows?
I think what you can say is the unit you have may have been added to many times but that being certain it all started off as original may be more difficult ...not that it detracts from the item which benefits from the charm of being old in several parts.
The other conundrum is the powder flask which some say is Moroccan some say Ottoman but which the same people say is Omani... I always thought it was but many claim it is not... I suppose it is who influenced who? and if the item has become embedded in the culture ?...It would appear that the Omani Talahiq; the silver half moon shape powder flask has a lot of influence from Ottoman style and of course abu futtila were originally Persian, Indian and German derived.
