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I gambled on the ebay .. it looks like caucasian dagger to me perhaps made at the end of 1800 by turkish master but confused...
Summarised opinions could bring a solid idea...thank you all in advance Johhni paid about 100 usd ..winner or not ? Last edited by dzhoka; 6th September 2006 at 02:10 AM. |
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Yep, I would say it comes from Turkey or southern Caucasus, and the date is I would say more towards 1900.
Here is what interesting - the mark is nearly the same as one can see on this sword: http://forums.swordforum.com/showthr...threadid=70932 I strongly suspect that "saudi arabyan sayf" is by far something else, but is it the same mark/same maker/trade blade ? |
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Good eye, Rivkin!
Elgood wrote that toward the end of the 19th century Arabia imported quite a lot of Daghestani Shashka blades. That may be the common denominator. How is Texas, by the way? You should get yourself a six-gallon hat and a truck: otherwise some might take you for a Yankee ![]() |
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I am still looking for a hat, but you can just as well pass for a local by learning to say "no habla ingles, senior" ![]() P.S. I often think I should have grabbed this industry job. |
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any specific meening of this three stars....??
will nerrow this question..._ Since what ,aproxsimatelly. period this marks appiared on the serface of blades ( trading blades, ).?? In Turkey , Dagestan.Kabardeen, Chechens ets, My suspition is that Iran was involved in this markings too. Who likelly first decided to put this marks ? Northern reguion of California , Napa Valley wines attract a lot of professionals by exclusive smell, aroma,colour and specific tast.It 's only 35 minuts drive from here ..we do it often. wee doo... cheers |
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Well, if it would be just one "thingie" this would be a "sun-symbol", so you should have looked for sun-worshippers, like mjalhista tribe from chechnja (who actually did use such symbols). Now three of them together - have not seen this mark before, sorry.
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