Turkish?Georgian? Polish? Shamshir

Rivkin · 19th February 2005, 04:47 PM

Dear Jim McDougall,

Ugh, you make me feel bad. Not so long ago a khevsurian acquitance of mine said that he can sell a very nice gurda khevsurian palash for 1600$, for which I (ignorant of prices as always) said "vai, how expensive".

I do believe that the prices on shashkas are outrageous, and I place all the blame personally on Pushkin and Lermontov, especially when it comes to the famed gurda

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I don't know but why good 19th century sabre should cost way more than quality 17th century broadsword ?

I'm sorry if I'm not getting something.

Sincerely yours,

K.Rivkin

19th February 2005, 04:47 PM	#25
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	Dear Jim McDougall, Ugh, you make me feel bad. Not so long ago a khevsurian acquitance of mine said that he can sell a very nice gurda khevsurian palash for 1600$, for which I (ignorant of prices as always) said "vai, how expensive". I do believe that the prices on shashkas are outrageous, and I place all the blame personally on Pushkin and Lermontov, especially when it comes to the famed gurda . I don't know but why good 19th century sabre should cost way more than quality 17th century broadsword ? I'm sorry if I'm not getting something. Sincerely yours, K.Rivkin