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Old 15th August 2008, 04:49 PM   #1
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Default Another Trabzon Dagger on Ebay

This was a sleeper will post better pics when it arrives.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=022

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Old 15th August 2008, 05:33 PM   #2
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Nice snag. Showed the picture in your post to Anne and she said, "Turkish?"
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Old 15th August 2008, 06:15 PM   #3
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Ya thief!

Oh, maybe I shouldn't be casting stones.

Congrats on a great catch!
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Old 16th August 2008, 03:32 PM   #4
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Hi Lew,
Well caught, if it gets lonely I have a big brother looking for lost sibling.
My Regards,
Norman.
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Old 24th August 2008, 04:24 PM   #5
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The dagger arrived yesterday and it was cleaned up nicely but too much was done. The blade is super clean and razor sharp the horn has some minor bug damage so the last person who had it decided to coat the hilt in super glue and buffed it out to high gloss shine. No pics yet my son borrowed my only good camera and won't be back til Thursday.

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Old 24th August 2008, 05:03 PM   #6
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The dagger arrived yesterday and it was cleaned up nicely but too much was done. The blade is super clean and razor sharp the horn has some minor bug damage so the last person who had it decided to coat the hilt in super glue and buffed it out to high gloss shine. No pics yet my son borrowed my only good camera and won't be back til Thursday.

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OMG, I've come across that before! Superglue or some cyanoacrylate (sp?) derivative coating! It's like a 21st century idiots instant french polish.
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Old 26th August 2008, 02:05 AM   #7
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Here is a shot of the two Trabzon daggers.


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Old 30th August 2008, 04:21 PM   #8
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Better camera better pics
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Old 30th August 2008, 08:46 PM   #9
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Always liked them, especially their intricate fullers.
Rivkin once mentioned the similarity between them and so-called "Iranian Qaddaras". Both likely hail from Southern Caucasus: Trabzonian from Georgia, Qaddaras from Azerbaijan.
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Old 30th August 2008, 10:29 PM   #10
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Lew,

Those are really sweet! Really nice snags!


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Qaddaras from Azerbaijan.
A close friend and astute African artifact collector has just moved to Azerbaijan to be the Dean of a college in Baku. Might get him to do some hunting for pieces. Any ideas about ethnographic hot spots there?
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