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I hate to bring filthy lucre into this, but does anyone know what the going rate is for a cased III Class example?
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I'll drop you a line, if I may.
Best wishes, David.
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Hi, Mervyn. You may be right about the Eastern influence on the sheath fittings. However, I still think it is more likely to be Indian and earlier - I'm attaching a quick snap of an early 19th century Indian-made kukri with similar embellishment. Mogul, and therefore Islamic, influence, I suspect. And it could be the case here, too. As for the price estimate, at that money may I order half a dozen, please?! The Times is just a newspaper, and not very good by older standards - it tells the news as Mr Murdoch would like, but its date helps establish authentic time and likely ownership of whatever blade is photographed on it! Best wishes, David.
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Sorry about the laboured method of showing images - can't get the resolution any lower. DM.
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Hi, all.
I have, hopefully, discovered the secret of resizing. Let's hope this works! Looks like only one image per post. DM.
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Hi, Wood.
I'm grateful for the assistance! If the hilt looks clumsy, it's probably down to poor photography. It's very tactile and fills the hollow of the hand nicely - even in the left hand. There is still some doubt in my mind about the origin of the sheath. The style of the silver mounts might indicate Raj - I have seen the same design and quality on an old, silver-mounted kukri. A bit frustrating.
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Hi, Mervyn. I was unaware of the etiquette regarding dealers. I directed members to the site as there were already photos of my knife there and the GMIC site seemed incapable of showing more than one image - understanding the technical issues of digital photography is still beyond me, I'm afraid. Regards.
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Hi, all.
My first attempt at posting something for discussion went off into the Ether!
I'm looking for help in identifying correctly a large Bowie knife in my possession - Raven Armoury is running it for me at the moment, so you can see it there, too. Friends have suggested that it is Raj period - mid-to-late nineteenth century. Certainly, the carved silver mounts on the tooled leather sheath might be explained by that view. The blade has no marks, nor ever had, I think. Brute of a blade: nearly a foot long (29.6cm); just over an inch and a half (5.1cm) wide at the crossguard; 0.95cm thick at the crossguard! The blade is slightly, deliberately, offset to follow the natural line of the bone/antler/horn hilt, and similarly the iron crossguard is very slightly canted to the same end. Mixed messages from this one: great steel (say Raven, and they would know); an elaborate and expensive sheath ensemble; yet a deceptively simple and very tough iron and bone hilt assembly which suggests, to me at least, that this was meant to be a working knife.
Any help would be appreciated. My own images are too big for this format - see Raven!
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Imperial General's Promotion Document linked to the Von Augustin Family
in Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Hi.
I can't remember the last time I posted something here.
Hopefully, this old gem will be of interest to those who enjoy researching the Austro-Hungarian Empire.