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25th August 2016, 12:52 AM
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25th August 2016, 01:33 AM
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Ariel, these are great images showing armor and weapons.
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25th August 2016, 02:44 AM
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Here are 2 examples of Afghani sabers, both with elman.
The one with the scabbard is mine. The integral bolster, the chape and the top of the scabbard are distinctly Afghani. The top of the scabbard also has a slit, similar to what we see on Ottomas palas. The other one is, of course, M D, Long's example. Are they what we are talking about as a predecessor of the Afghani "pseudoshashka"? And, perhaps, even the Bukharan saber? |
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25th August 2016, 02:49 AM
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Strangely, both very much resemble the Algerean boarding cutlasses as shown in Elgood's book on Balkan weapons.
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25th August 2016, 04:14 AM
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25th August 2016, 11:04 AM
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Yes.
The very same:-) |
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26th August 2016, 04:58 PM
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Hello Kamachate,
Your posts have been very interesting and informative. Searching in Loewe’s Dictionary of the Circassian Language (pub. 1854), I could find the following words for sword/sabre. Do you think you could comment on them? Thanks, Andreas |
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