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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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motan
![]() Hi, Thanks Lotfy for kind words and for sending me pics. I know the shibriya you talk about from your collection and it is a nice addtion to this thread. This is a beautiful shibriya that also has a... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 18
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motan
![]() Hi, Just one last time back to this thread in order to summarize. I tend to agree with Kubur. The blade and the whole of Yvain's shibriya are probably Jordanian and from 1925. The khanjarli look is... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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motan
![]() Hi, I am not arguing with any of the experts here. Just want to add my perspective. Mandingo/Mandinka/Mande people is quite a large group that is present in several countries and associated with... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 18
Views: 916
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motan
![]() Hi, I did not expect THIS. It is a very good, interesting and (relatively) old shibriya, but it is also a puzzling one. I can not tell you too much because my experience with shibriyas is all from... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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motan
![]() Hi Detlef, A good find and a great collection of old Corvos. I know the history, but not much about the knives themselves. The handle construction and design are Spanish influence, of course, and you... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 18
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motan
![]() Hi Klop, Of course you are right. These rings are attached with a simple split pen, which is a petty. The majority of the older dagger are quite solid, but the ring is the first thing to get lost.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 18
Views: 916
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motan
![]() Hi Yvain. Thanks for your response. If you put up some pictures in this thread, I will tell you what I know about your shibriya. If relevant, I can also redirect you to some older threads on the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 18
Views: 916
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motan
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 18
Views: 916
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motan
![]() Hi, I was looking for this kind of early shibriya for some time and now I finally have it. It is a very early one, around 1900 I think and from a maker well known by shibriya collectors. I can not... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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motan
![]() Hi, I just want to confirm what David already said. 100% right. Further, some of the signs on the blade of your sword are letters, other are numbers and others are neither (at least if you assume it... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 1,396
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motan
![]() Hi Kwiatec, I am not an expert on this subject, but I know that many bichaqs of this type were produced in various places in/for the Ottoman Empire. In fact, many of this construction - short "ears",... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,097
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motan
![]() Thank you Ariel for your appeasing comment. My knowledge on Chinese weapons =0 and therefore, I followed this debate as a spectator. But since this type of arguments are a recurring theme in the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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motan
![]() Hi Klop, I cannot add too much to what you already said. You are pretty much right. The white metal/low grade silver is a Jordanian shibriya from Jordan. I can not translate what is written on the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,457
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motan
![]() Hi, I have already decided on this some time ago, but my solution fits me and the nature of my collection. Therefore, it can not be considered as advice for you. I will leave my collection to an... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,797
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motan
![]() Hi, Burl wood indeed. Possibly from a small bush, judging by the fact that they needed two pieces to make one scale. The chances of finding out what kind of wood depends on finding evidence in... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,938
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motan
![]() Hi Yvain, Thank you for showing this dagger. Always good to know that I am not the only one interested in these daggers. Many collectors look down on ethnographic weapons from the Levant, maybe... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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motan
![]() Hi Yvain, The Ottoman period in Palestine ended in 1917/1918 with Allenby's and the Egyptian expeditionary force's conquest of the area. Late Ottoman is usually meant late 19th to the end of ww1.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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motan
![]() Hi Yvain, I can not say too much about this one except that it is Palestinian. The tell-tale signs are the halve circle decorations on the scabbard. You can call it Shibriya, but classic Shibriyas... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,157
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motan
![]() Hi Kronckew, The picture shows what I said in my previous post: that a sickle has broad, curved and often serrated blade. A narrow and thick blade is inefficient for cutting, which the harvest of... |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Views: 8,157
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motan
![]() Sorry guys, but this is not a sickle. It just wouldn't work. Sickles are thin and usually serrated and more curved. This is a thick and almost straight. Because it has an almost triangular... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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motan
![]() Hi, Yes. Certainly good for first purchase. Much better than my first :( A legit type, well used and authentic. Could use some love. Early 20th or late 19th c. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 3,277
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motan
![]() Hi Stefan, You seem to be on a shibriya buying campaign. This is your third one in the last couple of weeks. I will try to explain it, but this involves a lot of guess work. Despite having many... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,867
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motan
![]() Hi Kubur, A nice one. Those with hooked pommel instead of a horse/camel head tend to be of better quality (earlier??). Funny that central ridge. I have one like that. It is not a part of the forging,... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,715
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motan
![]() Hi Peter, Museum quality and nice prose too. Excellent. Nothing to add to the words of the educated gentlemen, except that to me, the date looks like 1215, which translates to 1800/1801 Gregorian. |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,157
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motan
![]() Mmmm. No answers here. :shrug: Does't look North American West though. Perhaps Mexico or South America because there is something about it that say Spanish. It is not for treating hoofs because... |
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