Antique Japanese & World Weapons AUG. 29th
Lot 237:
Very Rare Ottoman Turkish Style MAMLUK / SHAMSHIR Sword ~ Superb 40-Steps to Allah WOOTZ Blade. This interesting late 18th – early 19th century saber is wearing a State-of-the-Art blade of one of the rarest and most complicated Woots damascus steel patterns, a Ladder to Allah, which takes extraordinary skill of the blacksmith to perform. Blade having deep curvature to its length, showing very active watered patterns throughout with few areas of light surface scratches, the Wootz steel pattern exhibiting super-distinctive 40 Steps pattern, especially well seen if the blade turned away from the light, you can clearly see all 40 parallel horizontal lines, not only that, each line is actually a Doubled-line which is just unbelievably hard to do retaining such accurate and precise pattern. Exceptionally rare blade which is actually a Masterpiece of Islamic blacksmith Art, probably one of the Very Best examples of this Spectacular work we will ever see for sale. With its Ottoman style horn grips and military type mounts of gold gilt brass or copper, possibly carried by one of the Napoleonic era French officers, a Trophy blade perhaps captured by its owner during the Eastern campaigns and built in to its furniture for further service. A blade of such extraordinary quality must have came from a sword owned by Royalty and may have had precious metal and stones furniture which would be utilized by who ever captured and obtained this very very special weapon. Total length (inside scabbard if present) : 36 1/2" Blade length : 29" ~ Both measurements are taken on a straight line, add about 1 inch if measured on the curve.
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