Steve Shimmer's Photo Set 1/2
 

Here's my first set. Sorry if I have posted some of these photos before, I belong to several forums and it's hard to keep track of which photos I've posted where!

As you can no doubt tell I have paid especial attention to the katars as they are one of my favourite weapons.

Steve Shimmer's Photo Set 2/2
 

And here's the second part, enjoy!

Great photos Steve! Thank you a lot for sharing!!!

wallase coll.
 

alex
tanks for the pic,a dream for any collector
regard
jacques

Thanks, Steve, Alex, Shimmerxxx erc.. Truly pieces to aspire to....

Spiral

I remember being there and having fantasies about nighttime... black balaclavas.... lock picks.... getaway cars....
To my taste, this is by far the best Oriental collection, with no average quality pieces, just the elite.

From time to time I hear rumors about Wallace publishing a full catalogue of their Oriental Room. Have you heard anything? Or is it just another of my fantasies?

One thing that surprised me a lot was the virtually complete absense of wootz patterns: all blades were brilliantly polished but not etched. The same is true abour the catalogue of the Dresden Turkish Chamber. Obviously, that must be a philosophy of the museum: etching is a controlled rusting, and they must have made a conservation decision.

Great collection! I hope you guys don't mind if i move a couple of your images over to the Keris Forum. :)

Holy Cow!!!
thanks for sharing

I was there earlier today snapping the pieces I missed last time. Expect more photos soon.

I have heard rumours of a catalogue of their Oriental Room, but there isn't currently one available as far as I know. They certainly didn't have a copy in the museum shop.

Steve Shimmer's Photo Set 3
 

Here's my latest batch of photos. I've noticed the axe-type weapons haven't received much coverage so I've concentrated a little more on them this time.

Steve Shimmer's Photo Set 4
 

Oh, I've been working on making my photos look a little sexier too... ;)

I've been asking around about a catalogue of the Oriental Weapons at the Wallace Collection. Nothing so far, but they are working on a project called Wallace Live which aims to provide an online catalogue for ever piece in the museum.

It's in it's very earlier stages at the moment but you can take a peek by following the below link:
http://wallacelive.wallacecollection...umber_S|51846]

I've suggested that they use the specific name for the classification of weapons rather than just the generic name, otherwise they will end up with pages and pages of entries for "dagger" or "sword".

More photos
 

Enjoy them.

More...

Third Batch

Some last photos
 

Batch 1

Finish
 

2nd