Opinions on Kilij scabbard

Drabant1701 · 1st April 2015, 06:51 PM

Hello everyone!
I have registered to this forum today and i hope that you can give me some feedback as to my research into this kilij scabbard that I have.
I have concluded that it is of Syrian make. Or at least the brass fittings. Brass fittings are probably made around early 20th century.
The wood is light in colour, probably from the same time as the brass.
The iron fittings may be older what do you think?
I would appriciate your coments on my theories.

I found two scabbard online that are very similar.

http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.a...enum=1&lang=En

http://oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=358

stelio · 2nd April 2015, 12:11 PM

My opinion for kilij scabbard is a syrian work for ottoman empire market in last quarter 19 century. I think the wood is new and the iron parts in scabbard is from a older sword.
Stelios

Drabant1701 · 2nd April 2015, 02:18 PM

The kilij that the scabbard was made for is early 19th century and has a iron crossguard so they might have saved the iron fitting from the old scabbard and replaced the rest.

1st April 2015, 06:51 PM	#1
Drabant1701 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 181	Opinions on Kilij scabbard Hello everyone! I have registered to this forum today and i hope that you can give me some feedback as to my research into this kilij scabbard that I have. I have concluded that it is of Syrian make. Or at least the brass fittings. Brass fittings are probably made around early 20th century. The wood is light in colour, probably from the same time as the brass. The iron fittings may be older what do you think? I would appriciate your coments on my theories. I found two scabbard online that are very similar. http://www.auctionflex.com/showlot.a...enum=1&lang=En http://oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=358 Attached Images

2nd April 2015, 12:11 PM	#2
stelio Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 97	kilij scabbard My opinion for kilij scabbard is a syrian work for ottoman empire market in last quarter 19 century. I think the wood is new and the iron parts in scabbard is from a older sword. Stelios

2nd April 2015, 02:18 PM	#3
Drabant1701 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sweden Posts: 181	The kilij that the scabbard was made for is early 19th century and has a iron crossguard so they might have saved the iron fitting from the old scabbard and replaced the rest.