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Another nice find, I think anyway. Ex Christies Australia, I think the hilt and scabbard are handworked silver with neilo to the front, a very strong double edged blade with a needle point that unforunately has light pitting at the tip. Any help with age etc would be greatly appreciated.
thanks Gav Last edited by freebooter; 16th May 2008 at 07:11 AM. |
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As I am delving further into the unknown for me, upon further examination the exterior metal in not actually silver...again I think...it appears to be some sort of white base metal? Can anyone shed any light on the construction of these knives please?
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White(ned) brass or German silver ?
![]() Does the totally plain back side reveal this is a modern replica ![]() Let's see what the experts say about it. Fernando Last edited by fernando; 18th May 2008 at 11:22 AM. |
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Hi Fernando,
I too want to here what the experts have to say about this piece. The piece as a whole has some beautiful age to it and some gorgeous old world craftsmanship to it too. The blade under close viewing has some lovely forgings laminations and is razor sharp after a couple of swipes along a sharpening steel. The zig zag borders found around the "floral" scrolling and chasing shows remnants or a red substance in places too Anyone here have any more exacting ideas, I believe it to be somewhere between 1850 and 1900. regards Gav |
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Here are some more photos of the craftsmanship.
regards Gav |
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Gav,
I apologize in advance for disagreeing with your use of the word, and I don’t mean to cast aspersions on your kindjal which looks much better than most I’ve seen, but I’m afraid you are overly generous in calling that ‘craftsmanship,’ especially of the old world variety; have a look at the links below and see if you don’t agree that a slight change in the final consonant might be in order: Silver/niello kindjals, which display varying degrees of craftsmanship, but definitely some care in their manufacture: http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=1728 http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=2377 http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=1150 Last edited by Jeff Pringle; 18th May 2008 at 08:11 AM. |
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