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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th March 2022, 10:00 PM
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Posted By Tea
Hi Thanks for the comments. @ Baskurt Do you...

Hi Thanks for the comments.
@ Baskurt Do you mean that the blad was probably made in the ottoman Empire even though the blade was used in Persia
Or do you mean the combination is highly unusual...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th December 2021, 07:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 14,766
Posted By Tea
Thanks for the replies, Now I have the blade in...

Thanks for the replies,
Now I have the blade in my possession I can post a few more detailed pictures. Maybe those will help to determine it's true origin.

a few points I'd like to make:
The...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 27th December 2021, 04:14 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,030
Posted By Tea
Asian trousse eating set

Anybody who could tell me the period and culture this eating set belongs to?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th December 2021, 11:57 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 46,314
Posted By Tea
So I found a few other similar Kukri's. Is your...

So I found a few other similar Kukri's.
Is your opinion still that these are antiques?
What can be said about the leather scabbard with medallions?
I always thought these were a tourist thing...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd December 2021, 12:21 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 14,766
Posted By Tea
Hi, I looked a little further and found a few...

Hi, I looked a little further and found a few other sabres with a yellman and similar crossguard and handle construction (exept for the square cross section of course)
How would these sabres be...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd December 2021, 11:16 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 14,766
Posted By Tea
I just sent a message with a link to another...

I just sent a message with a link to another "kilij" with a persian style crossguard.
As for the sabre of this post I guess what you say makes a lot of sense: the hilt was almost certainly redone...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd December 2021, 10:34 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 14,766
Posted By Tea
Thank you Marius for the comment. In my eyes...

Thank you Marius for the comment.
In my eyes it looks a lot like another sabre which was sold on this website:https://www.ashokaarts.com/shop/persian-zand-kilij-sword

But then again the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd December 2021, 05:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 14,766
Posted By Tea
Persian KILIJ

Hi all,

I just concluded a deal on what I suppose would be a Persian Kilij from zand empire?

I am happy to hear your thoughts/ any information that might be of use.
Also I noticed that the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2021, 02:08 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 46,314
Posted By Tea
I don't know what we can learn based on the 2 new...

I don't know what we can learn based on the 2 new kukri I posted in my last messages.

I suppose we can determine it probably is not a mismatch after all.
It is however very strange that the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2021, 01:43 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 46,314
Posted By Tea
So now for the second similar kukri I found which...

So now for the second similar kukri I found which is also sold

- the overall shape seems similar
- clearly in this example the bolster, cho, engravings, serated bolster are either different or...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2021, 01:33 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 46,314
Posted By Tea
Hi Ian thank you for the reply I'll make sure to...

Hi Ian thank you for the reply I'll make sure to do that once the sale is completed.

In the meantime I found 2 sold Kukri's which also look similar.
(less so than the one I had in mind but...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th October 2021, 12:13 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 46,314
Posted By Tea
Hi I just encountered a very similar kukri on a...

Hi I just encountered a very similar kukri on a vendor's website: the kukri is almost identical:engravings, eyelash sun and moon symbol even the karda is similar,
the scabbard has the same red...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th October 2021, 11:28 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 46,314
Posted By Tea
Thanks a lot everyone for your precious insights....

Thanks a lot everyone for your precious insights.

@ Ramba may I ask how you manage to date the scabbard I get that the shape of kukri's changed over time, yet it's still complex for me sometimes...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd October 2021, 10:46 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 46,314
Posted By Tea
Thank you mariusgmioc for this first answer. I...

Thank you mariusgmioc for this first answer.
I am suspecting a mismatch as well.
By any chance would you have a clue as to the production period of either the scabbard or the kukri? (since the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd October 2021, 07:15 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 46,314
Posted By Tea
Kothimora Kukri

Greetings Everyine,

I would like to receive some information about the Kukri here-under.
Also I have a few questions:
- Do you think the scabbard and the kukri where meant to go together as a...
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