Afghan Parra-I-Tutti/ Pesh

ariel · 22nd March 2010, 02:26 PM

With this bird-mark, we can recognize a new subtype of Para-i-Tutti: Parakeet-Tutti :-)

archer · 22nd March 2010, 09:47 PM

Actually, the term Para-I-Tutti is from Tiris' book "Islamic weapons". He uses it to describe another conventional Pesh Kabez on the next page.
I'm aware of the ongoing reproductions out there and this may well be one. I have just seen one of these blade tip hooks now on I'm sure a recent dagger.
That hook may well be made up from someones imagination or from observations. If we don't see lots of these suddenly on the market, that maybe the style is valid, if not with the hook. In the mean time I'll crackup watching the birdie! Thank you all, Steve

Montino Bourbon · 23rd March 2010, 02:50 AM

I bid on it too; it was usual enough to interest me.

if I had gotten it, I think I would've straightened the tip if it was a sideways bend. not so hard to do, and then re-temper. I know, I know; the authenticity and all, but I like my blades be functional. When you're in a hurry at the supermarket, you don't want a blade with bent tip to slow you down!

22nd March 2010, 09:47 PM	#2
archer Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 373	More Actually, the term Para-I-Tutti is from Tiris' book "Islamic weapons". He uses it to describe another conventional Pesh Kabez on the next page. I'm aware of the ongoing reproductions out there and this may well be one. I have just seen one of these blade tip hooks now on I'm sure a recent dagger. That hook may well be made up from someones imagination or from observations. If we don't see lots of these suddenly on the market, that maybe the style is valid, if not with the hook. In the mean time I'll crackup watching the birdie! Thank you all, Steve

23rd March 2010, 02:50 AM	#3
Montino Bourbon Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara, California Posts: 301	so you got it! I bid on it too; it was usual enough to interest me. if I had gotten it, I think I would've straightened the tip if it was a sideways bend. not so hard to do, and then re-temper. I know, I know; the authenticity and all, but I like my blades be functional. When you're in a hurry at the supermarket, you don't want a blade with bent tip to slow you down!

22nd March 2010, 02:26 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	With this bird-mark, we can recognize a new subtype of Para-i-Tutti: Parakeet-Tutti :-)