Yemeni Curved Sword

Jim McDougall · 28th January 2017, 06:36 PM

Would this be a Yemeni psuedoshaska??!!!

Seriously, interesting Omani kattara. Dha?????duh!

kronckew · 28th January 2017, 06:57 PM

i find some nice bargains online when they get it wrong. just didn't have enough dosh left today after winning the swordstick i posted here as well. ah, well, ce la vie!

Martin Lubojacky · 28th January 2017, 07:29 PM

Take glance at Omani national emblem

kahnjar1 · 28th January 2017, 07:30 PM

I have this similar one in my collection......Omani Kattara/Saif.
Stu

Jim McDougall · 28th January 2017, 08:24 PM

Stu, nice one!
What was that mark? I forget now what we came up with on this blade, was it Caucasian"

kahnjar1 · 28th January 2017, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Stu, nice one!
What was that mark? I forget now what we came up with on this blade, was it Caucasian"

Sorry Jim, I don't remember either. I'm sure that someone will come up with the answer! Old age dulls the brain

Jim McDougall · 28th January 2017, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Sorry Jim, I don't remember either. I'm sure that someone will come up with the answer! Old age dulls the brain

LOL! They say the memory is the 2nd thing to go.....
cant remember what the first was!

Kubur · 28th January 2017, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Stu, nice one!
What was that mark? I forget now what we came up with on this blade, was it Caucasian"

It's so strange this keyhole stamp is normaly seen on Persian qaddara short swords/ caucasian blades... But the three groves are too far fro the top edge to be a shashka... and stop before the end like an Afghan pulwar... It looks for me ilke a combinaison of things... Fake or crosscultural...

ariel · 29th January 2017, 02:51 AM

At the end of the 19 century Daghestanis exported their (mostly) Shashka blades to Aravia. I think it was even mentioned in the Elgood's book. The stamp on your kattara does look Caucasian.

I have 2 kattaras: a straight and a curved .

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 29th January 2017, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ariel

At the end of the 19 century Daghestanis exported their (mostly) Shashka blades to Aravia. I think it was even mentioned in the Elgood's book. The stamp on your kattara does look Caucasian.

I have 2 kattaras: a straight and a curved .

What we have here are Omani Swords. Not Dha... Not Yemeni...but Omani. Ariel, it is impossible to have two swords both called the same from Oman where one is curved and the other is straight.

28th January 2017, 07:29 PM	#3
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Take glance at Omani national emblem Attached Images

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kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,786	I have this similar one in my collection......Omani Kattara/Saif. Stu Attached Images

28th January 2017, 06:36 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,191	Would this be a Yemeni psuedoshaska??!!! Seriously, interesting Omani kattara. Dha?????duh!

28th January 2017, 06:57 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	i find some nice bargains online when they get it wrong. just didn't have enough dosh left today after winning the swordstick i posted here as well. ah, well, ce la vie!

28th January 2017, 08:24 PM	#5
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,191	Stu, nice one! What was that mark? I forget now what we came up with on this blade, was it Caucasian"

29th January 2017, 02:51 AM	#9
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	At the end of the 19 century Daghestanis exported their (mostly) Shashka blades to Aravia. I think it was even mentioned in the Elgood's book. The stamp on your kattara does look Caucasian. I have 2 kattaras: a straight and a curved .