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Looks to be Middle Eastern/African in origin, and shows good age. The hilt is horn or bone with a nicely tooled cuff stitched on. The scabbard is solid leather, and tidily hand stitched. Pommel cap and quillon/guard are brass and nicely decorated. The blade is of quality steel and sharp, as is the yelman.
Any ideas as to origin? Stu |
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Taking a guess here, I would start in the vicinity of Afghanistan. In the last 10 years, I have visited with a few folks that had toured there and they came back with quite a few edged weapons and often times, they seemed composite pieces like this one. Probably an older blade and cross guard that have been fitted with this handle and scabbard.
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Hopefully more replies will expand on your thoughts. Regards Stu |
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I'm with Rick on this one...parts of a primitive tulwar reworked into its present state. It seems well-fitted, but many of them were. Afghan is an excellent guess. The toe piece on the scabbard like many of the Berber sheaths we've seen-
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