Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th June 2020, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 18,475
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th May 2020, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,669
Hi Peter,
Museum quality and nice prose too....
Hi Peter,
Museum quality and nice prose too. Excellent. Nothing to add to the words of the educated gentlemen, except that to me, the date looks like 1215, which translates to 1800/1801 Gregorian.
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
30th May 2020, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 40,695
Mmmm. No answers here. :shrug:
Does't look...
Mmmm. No answers here. :shrug:
Does't look North American West though. Perhaps Mexico or South America because there is something about it that say Spanish.
It is not for treating hoofs because...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2020, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,054
Hi,
Another one of many primitive and obscure...
Hi,
Another one of many primitive and obscure daggers from the middle east. Very hard for me to say where it is from. It shows influences of Persian, Caucasian and Kurdish daggers, but it is a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st May 2020, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,224
Hi Stefan.
Don't be too disappointed. I have...
Hi Stefan.
Don't be too disappointed. I have seen much worse and even own some that too ugly to show here, but to me they are still worth more than fantasy bazaar pieces because they are authentic...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st May 2020, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,791
Hi,
I very much agree with Drabant1701. A...
Hi,
I very much agree with Drabant1701. A thought-after type by any koummya collector. One of the things that makes this type so valuable is that most, though not all, have a rhino horn hilt. Yours...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th May 2020, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 15,089
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2020, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 18,475
Yes, you do have my attention. The perforation...
Yes, you do have my attention. The perforation does make it probable that your dagger is from Palestine. It is worth noting that in Ottoman times, modern borders between Syria, Lebanon and Jordan did...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2020, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 18,475
Hi Kubur. Thanks for showing me this piece. I...
Hi Kubur. Thanks for showing me this piece. I think it is a nice piece (meaning one I would like to have), but then, I am a bit crazy for this type.
After a few years of research, I know a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2020, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 18,475
Hi Stefan,
I agree with all above. Very typical...
Hi Stefan,
I agree with all above. Very typical style for Jordan and for the period, so 100% Jordan. As Kubur mentioned, these were produced in relatively large numbers and brought back by British...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2020, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,733
Hi,
I agree with Kubur. It is a bit of a...
Hi,
I agree with Kubur. It is a bit of a primitive example though and has some unusual features. The hilt is not rounded, the blade has not central ridge. Looks like village, local work, but it is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd April 2020, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 151,129
Hi. I just turned 60 last week. Unfortunately,...
Hi. I just turned 60 last week. Unfortunately, the only way this age is young is to say that I have just started my tenure as an old man :}
I collect on and off for 15 years or so - whenever I can...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2020, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,116
Hi Fracatolin,
I am not an expert on Kindjals,...
Hi Fracatolin,
I am not an expert on Kindjals, but I have seen a few. This is a nice and authentic Kindjal, but it looks very Georgian to me, so not Ottoman or Persian. Especially the style of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th March 2020, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 29,846
Hi Mariusgmioc,
I do not disagree with either...
Hi Mariusgmioc,
I do not disagree with either you or Kubur, but just want to cast doubt on some conventional notions that have little evidence in support and to demonstrate the problem of Ottoman...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th March 2020, 12:45 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 29,846
Hi Kubur,
I mostly agree with you. The problem...
Hi Kubur,
I mostly agree with you. The problem starts with the concept of Ottoman weapons. Turkey must have had centers of production, but weapons were made throughout the Ottoman empire, often in...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th March 2020, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 13,395
Hi,
Still no pics. I am not an expert on using...
Hi,
Still no pics. I am not an expert on using this site, but the most common error is trying to download pictures that are too big=too many pixels. After you choose the pictures and press dowload,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2020, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 29,846
Hi,
Interesting to know the provenance. If...
Hi,
Interesting to know the provenance. If indeed Damascus, Syria, it put all the conventional knowledge that this type of dagger is ALBANIAN in doubt.
I personally don't know why we would not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2020, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 18,942
What if?
Hi,
I know practically nothing about swords and I respect all the expert opinions on this thread, but still, I want to suggest a different idea.
What if this sword is Syrian/Ottoman in its...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2020, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,598
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2020, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,598
Sorry, but I have to agree with G. Mansfield....
Sorry, but I have to agree with G. Mansfield. Some clues tell me it is probably from Syria, but from Damascus, so not from the village of Majdal Shams, where the best and most well-known types were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2020, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,110
Hi Kubur and thanks for the interesting...
Hi Kubur and thanks for the interesting information and kind words. Is the dagger in the picture yours? Definitely similar. By looking at the "scars" of the many repairs in my dagger, I can see that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2020, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,110
2 recent addition to my collection
While I am at it, I thought I'd show 2 very modest additions to my collection.
I collect only within a very specific small niche - daggers from the Levant.
The first one is a very small (9" and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2020, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,870
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2020, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,870
Some Oceanic stuff from museum
Hi all,
I was walking through the Israel museum in Jerusalem yesterday and came to the section of ethnographic collections. They have a decent African, South American and Oceanic collections. I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2019, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,410
Hi,
I have not much to add, but I confirm what...
Hi,
I have not much to add, but I confirm what is already said by Kubur and Mahratt. I have always asked myself whether these Kindjals and many other daggers from Damascus with the same construction...
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