Roumanian shepherd's belt

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by SLS

Thank you, Tatyana, thank you, Gene. I am happy that you enjoy the subject. Indeed, there is not much information on this topic, hopefuly that will change some day...
About the belt: it comes from the North-Eastern part of my country. It would be dated the first quarter of the XXth Century.
As much as I am interested in belts and other folk objects, I try to learn more about the weapons and tools used in the past (nowadays, it is all made in). Happy to know that there are still some traditional blacksmiths around, though.

Sașa-Liviu

Hi Sașa-Liviu,

Romanian items don't turn up on the forum often, I hope you'll show us more.
Dominic's belts show why this sort of thread is so valuable as the 'similarities' between these items can make them difficult to identify, especially if they are collected out of their own time and culture without provenance. Seeing your distinctive belt will make a lot of us much more aware of them.

These similarities in items can lead to lots of suggestions for identifying an unfamiliar new item.
There was a discussion some time ago centred on a pair of axes I was trying to identify and Romanian was suggested as an origin.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=romanian