AsadAllah wootz persian sword

ariel · 22nd October 2010, 02:20 AM

What a pity that the most beautiful part of the blade was lost!
I love this configuration, with the "keyhole" feature and complex fullers. A similar one was shown in Fiegel's collection, Indian fittings. But Astvatsaturyan shows an identical one as an example of the Amuzgi work. The Caucasian swordmakers produced a variety of blade patterns, some specific for the area, some homage to Iranian or Turkish. Wootz was made there by several masters, specifically Elizarov. The Persian lion and cartouches presented no problem for them, just like for the modern Georgian masters:-)

22nd October 2010, 02:20 AM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	What a pity that the most beautiful part of the blade was lost! I love this configuration, with the "keyhole" feature and complex fullers. A similar one was shown in Fiegel's collection, Indian fittings. But Astvatsaturyan shows an identical one as an example of the Amuzgi work. The Caucasian swordmakers produced a variety of blade patterns, some specific for the area, some homage to Iranian or Turkish. Wootz was made there by several masters, specifically Elizarov. The Persian lion and cartouches presented no problem for them, just like for the modern Georgian masters:-)