24th October 2016, 10:16 PM | #1 |
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Hello,
I've found this sword at flea market, it was really, really rusty and I did all my best for clean it. it's quite rustic, the hilt is made from wood ( part missing ) and has worm holes. The scabbard is made from wood with brass mounts I think it's an old turkish zeybek sword but I don't have any exact idea about age and exact use/origin ( some writings talk about greek and turkish ''pirats'' with these kind of swords ) removing the rust, the blade looks like damas ( wootz ?) , what do you think ? Can anybody translate the engraving ? ( is it classic arabic calligraphy ?!? ) Kind regards and thank you Francesc'o |
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