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19th November 2019, 03:53 PM
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 ... yeah, then at least looks like I write about something I know... 
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19th November 2019, 06:42 PM
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Hello and thank you for all the informations !!
does anybody know how do they for blackening the blade like that in the 19th century ? by heating or oxydation ? I don't think they used gun blue !
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19th November 2019, 07:28 PM
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Tannic acid turns rust a nice black and stabilises the rust.
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19th November 2019, 07:36 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niello
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19th November 2019, 08:12 PM
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Here is the classic Tunisian dagger from 1900 1920ties
But it wont be fair to call it touristy, i prefer to say colonial souvenir.... These daggers are very sharp and very pointy, not toys. It will be cool if Ibraheem or others can translate the inscription... |
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19th November 2019, 09:31 PM
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And here the early 19th c one
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20th November 2019, 01:27 PM
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Really like the last one with coral and turquoise !!
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22nd November 2019, 10:21 PM
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The first says:
صنع في بنزرت suni’a fi binzart “Made in Benzart (Bizerte)” The second says, I think: اسلاح (السلاح) نافع للعدو دافع a(l)-silah nafi’ li’l-‘aduww dafi’ “The weapon is useful, it repels the enemy.” Both are in a Maghribi hand |
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6th December 2019, 02:46 AM
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I believe these examples are from the early 20th century, souk pieces, but post #1 is definitely an older piece. I have also seen similar hilt decoration with the brass circle-dot, brass wire, tacks, and coral from the late 19th century with Balkan form handles like that of Sarajevo models. Attached is an example that I received earlier this year very similar to the examples previously posted above.
-Geoff |
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