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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2021 16:54:27 GMT
Composite is often a better descriptive and then trying to determine when marriages are made. I have not responded to this thread, as unqualified to pass judgement on it.
I occasionally do buy objects I cannot show other examples of but try to never speculate further than what the material evidence offers.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2021 17:02:34 GMT
Also
In all things relating to this field, videos can be helpful and a place to start!
Always, always follow up with more information.
Weigh impulse buying carefully.
Happy hunting!
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Post by stormmaster on Oct 13, 2021 19:41:42 GMT
I've spoken to someone I consider pretty knowledgeable on swords of that general area and he estimates blade is early 1900s made for military and the rest are mid to late 1900s so likely a refurbished piece after a long life of use
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2021 20:32:51 GMT
This can be part of the problems at times. Not that third person information might not be helpful but it easily becomes a party telephone game. More helpful would be an actual reference or link. Better still inviting the knowledgeable to participate.
IIRC, Jack had already run it up the flagpole in a venue that shares many more eyes and even in my own pursuits, I often post to several venues while digging myself (ie the dirk below, which had zero traffic here but lively discussion on three other boards).
I had a whatzit sabre some months ago that drew a lot of speculative thoughts without finding a mate. Some thoughts agreed with. Some swords I track only make sense after years and years before things click.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2021 20:51:31 GMT
This can be part of the problems at times. Not that third person information might not be helpful but it easily becomes a party telephone game. More helpful would be an actual reference or link. Better still inviting the knowledgeable to participate. IIRC, Jack had already run it up the flagpole in a venue that shares many more eyes and even in my own pursuits, I often post to several venues while digging myself (ie the dirk below, which had zero traffic here but lively discussion on three other boards). I had a whatzit sabre some months ago that drew a lot of speculative thoughts without finding a mate. Some thoughts agreed with. Some swords I track only make sense after years and years before things click. Cheers GC I agree with your thoughts here. I think this is an especially tricky situation because many of the sources are in Russian. I had a few colleagues run into this issue in graduate school, while I was comfortably reading sources in English from the 19th century for my thesis. My colleagues had to collaborate with other scholars in order to pursue their topics, and there were often differences in opinion on translations into English. |
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 14, 2021 14:08:15 GMT
This has been very interesting to follow, despite much of it going over my own head. As I mentioned before, I have slightly more than a passing interest in shashka, and hope to someday own an antique example, so anything learned here will be very handy for that.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2021 17:41:46 GMT
A fellow I've known in person for some years is from Odessa. Although he is pay for play as far as identification/appraisal, he is qualified in this genre. I know he has probably seen your piece, he is one to sit on the side watching. I met him online at SFI and he has visited with me at shows, even buying an item I too briefly owned. Dmitry Zhukov SAILOR_IN_SADDLE@YAHOO.COM sailorinsaddle.com/sailorinsaddle.com/collections/sword-identification |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2021 19:16:47 GMT
Well, my thoughts and references not unlike my sending you to Roxbury when you were window shopping naval swords, or suggesting a book title. Sometimes a book title becomes less useful for a particular item, when in rereading, finding a new path of discovery.
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