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8th July 2015, 08:06 AM
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I should also have added that the cap is missing from yours, but apart from that it looks GREAT. I am in awe of this one, as the one I have is of much more recent manufacture, and is not as refined in the finish.....pic herewith.
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8th July 2015, 06:33 PM
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thank you again, yes, yours is indeed very similar. That the cap is missing was clear. Regards, Detlef |
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9th July 2015, 04:39 AM
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Hi Sajen.
While your flask has similarities with the Turkish/Ottoman and Moroccan beehive flasks, I agree with Stu this is more likely from Oman. It has that dark, extra high quality you see on many Omani accessories. Beautiful looking flask. Rick. |
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9th July 2015, 07:02 AM
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thank you very much!  Regards, Detlef |
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9th July 2015, 12:27 PM
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Hi Stuart
Are you sure it is Oman? Any references ? I always thought these are Moroccan |
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9th July 2015, 12:32 PM
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Two more similar ones
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9th July 2015, 07:59 PM
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Yes..... Identified as such in Elgood's Arms and Armour of Arabia, and also by Ibrahiim in his many posts to the Forum. Also shown here http://www.omanisilver.com/ under heading Matchlock Guns. Stu Last edited by kahnjar1; 9th July 2015 at 08:14 PM. |
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9th July 2015, 11:46 PM
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I agree ... This is the Omani style as outlined in your reference. The reference, however, is a compilation based on the old omanisilver.com site to whom I wrote a year ago outlining the considerable mistakes at their Omani Khanjar section...which they have not changed but show such Khanjars made for and by the flower tribal artesans of what was Yemen but has been absorbed by Saudia Arabia since about 1923...Several of their exhibits are illustrated and described as having a floral stamp on the reverse. No Omani khanjars carry floral stamps but the flower tribal khanjars of what was part of Yemen do !! I find nothing much wrong with the section at your reference. (I note they doubt as to the authenticity of the Moroccan attribution by Stone.) In dissecting their information I agree that these wooden powder flasks appear to be Omani although they may have been designed from the leather European version of old. Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. |
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