What are we looking at?

Andrew · 28th February 2005, 04:46 AM

A beautiful wootz shamshir (?), courtesy of Lion's Gate:

http://www.antiqueswords.com/iss6.htm

Can anyone tell us something about this one? Lee O'Hagan recently posted it in an ongoing thread on Islamic swords over on myArmoury.com

http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewto...?p=34400#34400

Andrew · 1st March 2005, 12:18 AM

Nothing? Nada? Nyet?

Conogre · 1st March 2005, 02:13 AM

In my dealings with Rob, he's been pretty spot on most of the time.
Mike

Andrew · 1st March 2005, 04:26 AM

Mike, I'm not questioning the accuracy of Rob's description. Rather, I was hoping for some additional information.

To my inexperienced eye, the handle looks like Qajar revival, and the multiple fullers remind me of those often seen on Chinese dao.

28th February 2005, 04:46 AM	#1
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	What are we looking at? A beautiful wootz shamshir (?), courtesy of Lion's Gate: http://www.antiqueswords.com/iss6.htm Can anyone tell us something about this one? Lee O'Hagan recently posted it in an ongoing thread on Islamic swords over on myArmoury.com http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewto...?p=34400#34400

1st March 2005, 12:18 AM	#2
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Nothing? Nada? Nyet?

1st March 2005, 02:13 AM	#3
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	In my dealings with Rob, he's been pretty spot on most of the time. Mike

1st March 2005, 04:26 AM	#4
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Mike, I'm not questioning the accuracy of Rob's description. Rather, I was hoping for some additional information. To my inexperienced eye, the handle looks like Qajar revival, and the multiple fullers remind me of those often seen on Chinese dao.