Safavid or qajar blade?

Drabant1701 · 18th April 2022, 07:12 PM

So I bought this really beat up shamshir blade. The handle is a 20th century replacement and it has no crossguard. It caught my eye since it has a Shah Abbas mark. I know that the Shah Abbas mark is on many blades long after his death, even in the 19th century. The blade has split at the sharp end and if you look at the ridge of the blade you can follow a line from the split all the way to the grip, almost as if they forged two sides together. There is some very interesting wootz patterns in the blade, its hard to get a fell for the overall pattern since its dirty and pitted and hard to photograph. I have cleaned a bit of it, I will do the rest but it will take time. Could this be a Safavid blade or is it wishfull thinking on my behalf.
Thank you for reading

18th April 2022, 07:12 PM	#1
Drabant1701 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 181	Safavid or qajar blade? So I bought this really beat up shamshir blade. The handle is a 20th century replacement and it has no crossguard. It caught my eye since it has a Shah Abbas mark. I know that the Shah Abbas mark is on many blades long after his death, even in the 19th century. The blade has split at the sharp end and if you look at the ridge of the blade you can follow a line from the split all the way to the grip, almost as if they forged two sides together. There is some very interesting wootz patterns in the blade, its hard to get a fell for the overall pattern since its dirty and pitted and hard to photograph. I have cleaned a bit of it, I will do the rest but it will take time. Could this be a Safavid blade or is it wishfull thinking on my behalf. Thank you for reading Attached Images