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12th August 2013, 03:13 PM
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Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE
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Salaams; Support to above post. The unit has a work knife of which the best are English or German Sheffield or Solingen cake/butter knives with reworked silver handles(occasionally gilded in gold wash like this one). Please note the way the belt is fixed to the buckle... This is the correct way using a simple leather strip as opposed to silver buttons. Both methods are correct but the leather way is the simpler...The overall design is based on the square within a square combined with the geometric figure 5 motif. and an all over filigree dense surround.. and at its centre the silver Mulberry fruit cluster (not cannon balls!) The Mulberry tree is common throughout Oman.
Meanwhile the hilt is nicely finished off on the back with sheet silverwork.  Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 12th August 2013 at 03:31 PM. |
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