“Weapons History Journal”, 13, 2024

Editorial “Duck test” or bulat steels, which are just steels, and common steels, which are bulat ones Vasiliy R. Novosyolov The sabre of Ibrahim Pasha, the Kaffa serasker, as a relic of the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1775) Sergey P. Orlenko, Vasiliy R. Novosyolov On ceremonial arms of Russian sovereigns’ pilgrimages in the last quarter of the 17th century Levan B. Dvalishvili From the history of Western Georgian filigree. Master Philippe “Philu” Dzadzamidze Kamil S. Khaidakov, Dmitry A. Sukhanov Chemical composition of blades as an attributing feature for bulat steels of the Indo-Persian region of the 17th-19th centuries Maksim I. Zvjagincev Reconstructing the system of sword wielding by French cuirassiers and dragoons, 1803-1815 Kamil S. Khaidakov Arms of the North Caucasus. A critical view on established theories – Historical Weapons Research Sergey V. Talantov Private orders for kindjal and shashka blades of the Kuban Cossack Host from Zlatoust arms factory in the…

Private orders for kindjal and shashka blades of the Kuban Cossack Host from Zlatoust arms factory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Talantov S.V. (2024). Chastnye zakazy kinzhal’nyh i shashechnyh klinkov Kubanskogo kazach’ego vojska na Zlatoustovskoj oruzhejnoj fabrike v konce XIX – nachale XX veka [Private orders for kindjal and shashka blades of the Kuban Cossack Host from Zlatoust arms factory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries]. Istoricheskoe oruzhievedenie [Weapons History Journal], № 13, pp. 432 — 522. Talantov S.V. Abstract: The article attempts to study and analyze private orders for kindjal and shashka blades of the Kuban Cossack Host in 1888-1904. The term “private orders” refers to orders made not by the Military Headquarters of the Kuban Cossack Host and the Main Artillery Department, but by regiment commanders, atamans of divisions and stanitsa, and individuals – cossacks and officers of the Kuban Cossack Host, as well as owners of jewelry workshops and stores selling uniforms and equipment for cossacks. The temporal borders of the study are determined by the fact…