Shashka scabbard mountings suggestions?

erlikhan · 10th January 2005, 09:23 PM

I bought this shashka yesterday. Nice walrus hilt and hanging tool( or what it is called in English). Scabard mountings are lost. Any suggestion about the proper thing I must look for to restore it? Were they originally gold engraved iron perhaps?
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ariel · 11th January 2005, 01:31 AM

That's the first time I see walrus mounting!
Wild suggestion: how about walrus or ivory for the rest? Ot metal (silver?) with ivory plates on it?
Very, very nice one... Congratulations!
Any markings on the blade?

RSWORD · 11th January 2005, 02:32 AM

Very unusual to see a scabbard mount made of ivory! I doubt the top and bottom scabbard mount would also have been ivory but as Ariel suggests, perhaps silver with ivory plaques.

Yannis · 11th January 2005, 07:58 AM

For me also is the first time that I see an ivory mount. I wonder how strong can it be to hold the weight of the sword.

Is it possible to be holow with metal inside?

For the rest fittings I say ivory too, exept the top throat.

When you have the most difficult part of ivory, the rest that they have no presure, could be ivory too. A very strange scabbard indeed.

Rather · 11th January 2005, 10:42 AM

WOW – What a beauty! Congratulations, I envy you. I personally would use Ivory of the same colour for the missing parts. As one can only guess, what was originally used, I would restore it a way fitting to the style of the other parts.

Battara · 11th January 2005, 09:47 PM

Like Rsword, I would also suggest silver. It would compliment the ivory and be more traditional (not to mention a whole lot cheaper).

erlikhan · 11th January 2005, 10:08 PM

wow. is it really so interesting? thanks a lot. i was thinking of restoring it with low grade silver or brass cheaply and to resell as i paid something even less than that costs for the cheapest types of original kinjals. so perhaps i must consider its value on a different scale and keep it for myself after restoring it with walrus, as even just that bottom mounting alone would cost twice of the amount i gave for the sword itself, if made from walrus . Or original decorated silver mountings , if I can find a spare set in market,would be ok too. And the hanger loop is carved from single piece ivory .no metal inside.

10th January 2005, 09:23 PM	#1
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	Shashka scabbard mountings suggestions? I bought this shashka yesterday. Nice walrus hilt and hanging tool( or what it is called in English). Scabard mountings are lost. Any suggestion about the proper thing I must look for to restore it? Were they originally gold engraved iron perhaps? http://www.pbase.com/erlik19/inbox

11th January 2005, 10:08 PM	#7
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	wow. is it really so interesting? thanks a lot. i was thinking of restoring it with low grade silver or brass cheaply and to resell as i paid something even less than that costs for the cheapest types of original kinjals. so perhaps i must consider its value on a different scale and keep it for myself after restoring it with walrus, as even just that bottom mounting alone would cost twice of the amount i gave for the sword itself, if made from walrus . Or original decorated silver mountings , if I can find a spare set in market,would be ok too. And the hanger loop is carved from single piece ivory .no metal inside. Last edited by erlikhan; 11th January 2005 at 11:04 PM.

11th January 2005, 01:31 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	That's the first time I see walrus mounting! Wild suggestion: how about walrus or ivory for the rest? Ot metal (silver?) with ivory plates on it? Very, very nice one... Congratulations! Any markings on the blade?

11th January 2005, 02:32 AM	#3
RSWORD Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,083	Very unusual to see a scabbard mount made of ivory! I doubt the top and bottom scabbard mount would also have been ivory but as Ariel suggests, perhaps silver with ivory plaques.

11th January 2005, 07:58 AM	#4
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	For me also is the first time that I see an ivory mount. I wonder how strong can it be to hold the weight of the sword. Is it possible to be holow with metal inside? For the rest fittings I say ivory too, exept the top throat. When you have the most difficult part of ivory, the rest that they have no presure, could be ivory too. A very strange scabbard indeed.

11th January 2005, 10:42 AM	#5
Rather Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 72	WOW – What a beauty! Congratulations, I envy you. I personally would use Ivory of the same colour for the missing parts. As one can only guess, what was originally used, I would restore it a way fitting to the style of the other parts.

11th January 2005, 09:47 PM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,200	Like Rsword, I would also suggest silver. It would compliment the ivory and be more traditional (not to mention a whole lot cheaper).