Tulwar with "dukari" mark

[Congoblades]

Some history ...
http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.or...geuzenpenning/

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by Congoblades

Some history ...
http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.or...geuzenpenning/

Salaams Congoblades~ I wondered when this one would surface..I looked closely at the moon stamps on N African blades and brushed against this reference some time ago... Is it related to the single or double Dukari stamps ? (The funny faced moons). Moons are traceable to Juan Martin, Toledo and later to Peter Munich of Solingen.

The sword, though possibly not a genuine article, appears to have Tulvar hilt...and a concocted blade which I cannot be sure is either of the Storta type or the Persian Quddera with peculiar Indian marks in the incised portraits.. which seem to be Indian deities...Whilst it could be some sort of religious item it equally could be a tourist sword...at home on the stage rather than in a serious collection perhaps.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

[blue lander]

I know the man in the moon faces originated in Europe, but the ones I've seen on European blades seem to usually be larger and very ornate. I thought these smaller simpler ones were usually locally applied imitations?

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by blue lander

I know the man in the moon faces originated in Europe, but the ones I've seen on European blades seem to usually be larger and very ornate. I thought these smaller simpler ones were usually locally applied imitations?

I tend to agree that of the European marks commonly copied they include single or double Moons either funny face or blank moons in the new moon phase, stars, crosses,...and Passau wolf marks. On the red sea blades there are often Peter Munich copies of his famous Bishop ...with the moon plus various other squigles in the likeness of Munichs ornate blades...It is generally accepted that Peter Munich placed these marks as talismen rather than blade marks per se....and I think the talismanic effect is the major reason for the other decorations being copied ...

For Peter Munich (Solingen) See #225 at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ed=1#post54709

Ibrahiim al Balooshi.