Kattara sword from Oman - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

9th June 2008, 05:19 PM

Bill M

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Location: USA Georgia

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick

Hi Bill ,

That's a fairly common stitch found on 19thC. Ottoman type scabbards .

Didn't know that. So, I am missing a few spring closures? Heh, heh! Ha ha (for our foreign friends)

The engravings seem finely done, on the scabbard throat. Does this also look 19th century?

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