khukuri's old cousin

Matt,
It's not what the scabbard is made of, just the fact there is one. The talwar handled 'khukuris' while hard to find almost never have a scabbard. And one of this high quality would double the price in my estimation. It would probably be of leather or velvet with a very elaborate silver chape and while I'd like to have an original, I will settle for having a reproduction made.

Artzi and I have discussed this knife and he is also of the classifying of this thing: short tulwar or short sossun patta? I don't know...

You're completely right about the values and prices. If someone would pay $$$$ for a piece and you found it for $ does it make it of any less worth?
 
I agree that the value of a great piece and it's history will always be uniform no matter the market price, I guess that's what being a collector is about:)

I'll give an example. I lost an auction on a certain ethnic piece on ebay before I knew much at all about antiques. I found out about a site that sells antique weapons and started using it for my reference. I saw that same piece I lost out on for $1000! it's closing bid was $122, but I didn't know much about this stuff than, plus I didn't think the sword looked all that great..so I passed. Needless to say, I was upset. Thing is this though--a few weeks later after much internet perusing, I wasn't real upset over my loss. I had been to quite a few more auction catalogues and had found that ths kind of sword can usually be had for around $300, so my loss wasn't too great.

But whose right ? the place that sells said sword for a grand, or the place that sells it for $300? nobody's right, I guess. It's all about what you'll pay/what they'll charge that determines monetary value...especially with antiques...but artistic and intrinsic value are only determined by the piece itself, and those will be constant no matter what "market value" is

regards
Matt
 
Matt,
I found it's what people are willing to pay & what the buyer is willing to accept!"Everything is negotiable"!Especially with weapons!
jim
 
John,

Many thanks for the pix of that fine piece. I have often speculated that Sanu, in executing HI's UBE design was influenced by the sossun patah in it's short sword form. He may well have seen an old one in or about his village, in a picture or museum. All in all though, they can be one of the truly great marriages of beauty, art, form, and function.
 
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