VERY RARE SHORT RUSSIAN KINDJAL, SWORD, XIX, ENGRAVED BLADE, SHASHKA, ORIGINAL

Description

Historical context
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Here is a superb Cossack kindjal, made by Caucasian gunsmiths. The kindjal is a traditional Russian weapon, it can be called a large knife or a dagger. These superb pieces were most of the time made by local Caucasian craftsmen (Omarov, Guzunov ...) or official and necessarily more regulatory factories, such as the Zlatoust or Tula factory. Kindjals were widely used in the Russian Empire until the end of it in 1917. We also know of a few examples made during the Soviet era, but they were only decorative or ceremonial weapons, used during military parades.
Total length :
30,6 cm
Length without the scabbard :
27,1 cm
Blade length :
16,62 cm
Handle length :
10,4 cm
Blade width :
2,6 cm
Description
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This magnificent dagger is composed of a wooden handle with five white metal rivets. The blade in good condition, engraved blade, superbly decorated by the Caucasian armories. A central gutter like on the Caucasian fighting kindjals. With its sewn leather sheath.
The kindjal is 100% original and vintage
late nineteenth, early twentieth.
You will find more information on the subject in the books of A.N. Kulinski or in Arms Gazette n ° 184, of December 1988.
By purchasing this rare Cossack Kindjal, you will be in possession of a magnificent witness to the tragic Russian history of the beginning of the 20th century. But also a formidable weapon and very finely decorated by the best Russian gunsmiths of the time
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A magnificent and rare piece that will be able to decorate your window as a relic of the best Russian and Caucasian artisans of the Tsarist era.
VERY RARE AND 100% ORIGINAL
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PLEASE NOTE :
The piece is unique, I don't have a duplicate.
CAUTION :
This french sword is unique, I have no duplicate.
SHIPPING
Europe :
25 euros
Poland and Bulgaria :
50 euros
Canada, U.S.A .:
100 euros (Canada), 85 euros (USA)
Ne laissez pas cet objet de collection unique vous échapper, il n'y en aura pas pour tout le monde.
Bonne chance !