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Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG)
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Good day every body
here a small dagger being of a suite of three weapons (1 Pala and 2 daggers) ... ![]() well discribed as Ottoman Mamluk from Egypt in the book "Islamic Weapons" of Anthony C. Tirri also, item 229 - in March 2009 suit of 2 (pala+dagger) in "Imperial auction" - Timonium(USA) http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6221656 I will see in Egypt if it's possible to fix the missing gems, without denatured the whole your comments are welcomed ![]() à + Dom |
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A PRETTY LITTLE DAGGER.
![]() ![]() I FOUND IT ODD THAT ON THE HANDLE THERE WERE ONLY 4 CORAL STONES WHERE IT LOOKS A BIT OUT OF BALANCE WITH ONLY ONE STONE OF WHAT APPEARS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PAIR NEAR THE BLADE. PERHAPS IT HAD SONETHING TO DO WITH THE WAY IT WAS CARRIED. THE TWO DARK REDISH STONES APPEAR TO BE GARNETT THE TWO PINK STONES ![]() ![]() |
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Thanks Wandoo for your pertinent comments
I'm not very concern about gems, as you said; - turquoises, are very easy to get, and very small ![]() - coral, I've been diving for years in Red Sea, and I have a good knowledge about coral, the type present on the dagger, it's call "old coral" nothing to see with the "China junk" what is just white coral colored artificially ![]() in Egypt I'm a lucky man, I have a very good gems and stones dealer ![]() my concern, will be to find a good jeweller to made a copy for the "cradle silver" to receive the coral missing on the hilt ![]() very good jeweller, to make new, something with a look for ancien ![]() à + Dom |
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Dom
You will need to shop around for that jeweler so I wish you much luck. ![]() I was very lucky to pick this little gem up some years back the blade is about 3.25-50 inches long and is pattern welded steel. Lew |
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thanks a lot for those very nice pictures indeed, you have been very lucky ... absolutly intact ![]() your dagger is a little more biggest than mine - total lenght for the dagger 6.3 inches - blade dimension 2.27 inches - hilt dimension 2.36 inches thanks again for your support à + Dom |
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