Tag: armory

treasures-and-beauty:

Turban helmet,
blued, with pointed and twisted skull, surmounted by a square cusp, the
lower part engraved by floral motifs and cartouches featuring
gold-inlaid inscriptions in Arabic, provided with sliding nosepiece
cusped at the upper part, engraved and gold inlaid; complete with mail
neck-defence of simple closed iron rings; with inside stuffing.
Circular, slightly convex sipar, at the centre a plaque in the shape of
sun with anthropomorphic face, and a relieved gilt decoration depicting a
long snake woven around the four studs, the surface engraved with
floral motifs featuring gold inlays; at the back surface the lining, the
central stuffing and two handles.provenance: Turkey, 19th century

armorref:

Love this set with the rich red. 

Composite ceremonial armor a la Romana, Italy, late 1500s or early 1600s with decoration from 1800s – Higgins Armory Museum

petermorwood:

A khanda broadsword from Rajasthan, Northern India, in the mid-1800s, with a couple of extras in the form of a katar punch-dagger and a single-shot percussion pistol. Decisions, decisions, which one to use first?

In fact given the Indian swordsmiths’ fondness for tucking away a hidden sting in the tail, there may even have been a version of this with a stiletto that screwed up inside the grip. Rather like these…

And the katar dagger could have been enhanced as well…

Indian weapons are a great source of inspiration for writers and artists who want something a bit OTT but with the realism that comes of having actually existed.

the-cinder-fields:

Indian dagger with zoomorphic hilt (detail), second half 16th century

treasures-and-beauty:

Shield, Persia, 1727. Steel, gold, silver.