Interesting Saif

S.Al-Anizi · 5th December 2006, 04:10 PM

Check this out:

http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/448...DVW#la-image-1

A Persian wootz blade with arab fittings, of the finest quality. Three things ive seen for the first time:

1. That karabella type hilt, on such Nejdi style fittings, its the first time ive seen such a thing.

2. The cord on that hilt, usually, there is some fine wire wrapping, here we have an engraved golden cord.

3. The leatherwork on the scabbard, such tooling, is usually found on persian made scabbards, this is the first time ive seen it on an arab scabbard.

The sword is clearly of very high quality, having a persian wootz blade, and gold fittings, it must have been the property of a sheikh or some governor. It also is in a very good condition, that could signify that its not that old, perhaps late 19th early 20th century; the blade could be much older though.

Lew · 5th December 2006, 11:09 PM

The mounts seem to be late 19th century in my opinion the blade is nice but somebody over etched the blade and ruined the patina on it.

Lew

5th December 2006, 04:10 PM	#1
S.Al-Anizi Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arabia Posts: 278	Interesting Saif Check this out: http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/448...DVW#la-image-1 A Persian wootz blade with arab fittings, of the finest quality. Three things ive seen for the first time: 1. That karabella type hilt, on such Nejdi style fittings, its the first time ive seen such a thing. 2. The cord on that hilt, usually, there is some fine wire wrapping, here we have an engraved golden cord. 3. The leatherwork on the scabbard, such tooling, is usually found on persian made scabbards, this is the first time ive seen it on an arab scabbard. The sword is clearly of very high quality, having a persian wootz blade, and gold fittings, it must have been the property of a sheikh or some governor. It also is in a very good condition, that could signify that its not that old, perhaps late 19th early 20th century; the blade could be much older though.

5th December 2006, 11:09 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	The mounts seem to be late 19th century in my opinion the blade is nice but somebody over etched the blade and ruined the patina on it. Lew