Kindjal help needed

xakozh · 18th January 2005, 04:18 AM

[QUOTE=Rivkin]Xakozh:

........(Thank you, but the Blade has maker's stamps that are characteristic to Tiflis, Georgia.)

Georgia was the least influenced by Arabic and Islamic scripts because of it`s national christian heritage, north western Caucassians were more influenced by the Turkic culture and the use of Islamic calligraphy. That`s make me more inclined to think it`s non Georgian blacksmith workmanship.

.........(P.S. I thought that Qama in Adighe is K'ama ? And I think that the word itself is originally Persian.)

P.S. the letter Q in Circassian is glottal and the pronounciation is a slitlike opening between pharynxand windpipe.

Sincerely,
A. Xakozh

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18th January 2005, 04:18 AM	#9
xakozh Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2	[QUOTE=Rivkin]Xakozh: ........(Thank you, but the Blade has maker's stamps that are characteristic to Tiflis, Georgia.) Georgia was the least influenced by Arabic and Islamic scripts because of it`s national christian heritage, north western Caucassians were more influenced by the Turkic culture and the use of Islamic calligraphy. That`s make me more inclined to think it`s non Georgian blacksmith workmanship. .........(P.S. I thought that Qama in Adighe is K'ama ? And I think that the word itself is originally Persian.) P.S. the letter Q in Circassian is glottal and the pronounciation is a slitlike opening between pharynxand windpipe. Sincerely, A. Xakozh