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7th July 2008, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: The Sharp end
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You read my mind Dom. The first row around the bottom would provide the donor links to repair the holes, but you need a very steady hand to open the links and keep the pins. And a very fine heat source like a jewellers blowtorch. A jeweller could do it for you? You wouldn't lose any significant length on the chainmail from donating the last row? Its a lovely helmet, is the caligraphy chiselled/hand-cut or etched? I suppose like many, I am an admirer of arabic caligraphy (Although I understand none of it) Have you translated the panels on your helmet? Regards Gene |
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8th July 2008, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG)
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the caligraphy is chiselled/hand-cut *(what seems to me, at least ...) framed by gold line * correction .. at least .. I dunno  no way for the cartouche translation  - the alphabet used, it's well arabic - the language used, it's not arabic .... according with my sweet translator  - she thing about "farsi", what could be logic, this helmet being persian  à + Dom Last edited by Dom; 9th July 2008 at 10:37 AM. |
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