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18th December 2014, 06:24 PM
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Keris forum moderator
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Impressive blade!
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19th December 2014, 12:07 AM
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EAAF Staff
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Crazy nice! Love that twist core blade and the koftgari is superb!
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19th December 2014, 01:31 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Greensboro, NC
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Charles,
Your pictures don't really do this piece justice. You can't get a feeling for the size and heft of the sword and the blade is much more impressive in person than in your pictures. Really nice and interesting sword! I hope you learn more about the marking! |
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19th December 2014, 01:32 AM
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Vikingsword Staff
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Color me green .
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19th December 2014, 01:55 AM
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Charles, your blade is not only a fine Caucasian one, but was made by an Armenian smith cited by Emma Astvatsaturian in Oruzhiye Narodov Kavkaza (Atlant, 2004-- this is the most recent, expanded edition) p. 334. She pictures this exact mark! Congratulations, again!
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19th December 2014, 12:26 PM
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Location: Greenville, NC
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Thanks for the input guys!
Oliver, this is outstanding info....so is that simply the maker's mark, or does it perhaps designate a "trade blade" status to the blade as another person theorized? Perhaps the book does not go into that much detail. |
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19th December 2014, 04:03 PM
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Location: USA
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Wow. Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing this with us, Charles!
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