Karabela? Persian? Balkan?

Rivkin · 12th November 2006, 09:24 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen (or minding that so far we have only Dr. Feuerbach, should I say Lady and Gentlemen ?)

After rereading Astvatzaturjan and some other literature, I think I can rephrase their ideas on how to distinguish Dagestani from Persian per se shamshirs (never mind the georgian shamshirs for now, their fullers are different):

1. If the blade is wootz, the blade is most likely Persian
2. If the blade is plain steel or mechanical damascus, it something like half by half or so.
3. If the blade has fullers, it is most likely Dagestani.

Do you agree with such classification ?
It seems that in this case the blade is most certainly Dagestani ?
This blade actually satisfies what Astv. thinks to be distinctive Amuzga qualities: fullers start 1/4 of the blade away from the hilt, one is small next to the blunt side, other(s) are bigger, they slowly converge towards one to another, and around the blade only the big one(s) remains.

12th November 2006, 09:24 PM	#18
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	Ladies and Gentlemen (or minding that so far we have only Dr. Feuerbach, should I say Lady and Gentlemen ?) After rereading Astvatzaturjan and some other literature, I think I can rephrase their ideas on how to distinguish Dagestani from Persian per se shamshirs (never mind the georgian shamshirs for now, their fullers are different): 1. If the blade is wootz, the blade is most likely Persian 2. If the blade is plain steel or mechanical damascus, it something like half by half or so. 3. If the blade has fullers, it is most likely Dagestani. Do you agree with such classification ? It seems that in this case the blade is most certainly Dagestani ? This blade actually satisfies what Astv. thinks to be distinctive Amuzga qualities: fullers start 1/4 of the blade away from the hilt, one is small next to the blunt side, other(s) are bigger, they slowly converge towards one to another, and around the blade only the big one(s) remains.