Afghan shashkas

ariel · 23rd September 2019, 07:09 PM

Charles,
I am uneasy with the definition of marks as " arsenal" ones. Those were embossed stamps.
Yours are way more interesting: they look like private purchase. There are so many varieties of them, it is almost inavoidable to conclude that all ( or most) of them were made in different workshops.
The " golden" one has a date: 126? ( can't figure the last numeral).
If Hijra, it would be somewhere between 1844-52.
If Jalali, - 1881-90.

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Carlos,

Seems to me the end of the scabbard was broken and a brass chape was added to fix the damage. That's why the scabbard looks much longer than the blade.

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23rd September 2019, 07:09 PM	#11
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Charles, I am uneasy with the definition of marks as " arsenal" ones. Those were embossed stamps. Yours are way more interesting: they look like private purchase. There are so many varieties of them, it is almost inavoidable to conclude that all ( or most) of them were made in different workshops. The " golden" one has a date: 126? ( can't figure the last numeral). If Hijra, it would be somewhere between 1844-52. If Jalali, - 1881-90. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos, Seems to me the end of the scabbard was broken and a brass chape was added to fix the damage. That's why the scabbard looks much longer than the blade.