The Battle Axes of Afghanistan
Miloserdov D. Abstract: Axe is a short-bladed weapon of choppingblow and simultaneously one of the oldest weapons for a close combat. Because of its great effectiveness stemming from the combination of arm-handle and relatively heavy and massive blade with short and hence well centered striking surface axe was very handy and consequently favored weapon to fight…
What is atajo
Alifer A. Abstract: The article is devoted to the term atajo – one of the words used in the Spanish fencing school La Verdadera Destreza. The term cannot be either translated or corresponded with any other one from thesaurus of both different fencing schools and even more so contemporary competitive fencing. Hence atajocan claim being the…
Dagger of Timophey Yashik kamer-cossack in the service of Em-peror Nicholas II and Empress Maria Feodorovna
Talantov S. Abstract: The article describes the Caucasian dagger “kama” in a sheath with an inscription on the mouthpiece. The author believes that the inscription points out to the owner of the dagger – a Kuban cossack Timophey Ksenofontovich Yashik, who was in the service at that time in Tiflis in 1902. This cossack himself…
An annotated translation and description of an untitled Persian archery manuscript written by al-Abdolrāji Abu Torāb al-Musavi al-Qad Makāhi on a day of Jumada al-Thani, the year 1114 (November 1702)
Khorasani M. Dwyer B. Abstract: The present article provides a translated and annotated text of a Persian archery manuscript. This untitled manuscript on archery is kept in the Majlis Library (Library of Iranian Parliament; Ketābkhāne-ye Majles Irān) with the inventory number 149. It consists of 43 pages. The author of the archery manuscript signs his name…
The dual kinjal of Geurk Eliarov from Tiflis
Talantov S. Abstract: The article presents the kinjal made by a famous artisan of the first half of 19th Geurk Eliarov from Tiflis. The kinjals made by him are kept in The State Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg, Russia), State Historical Museum (Moscow, Russia), The Tsarskoye Selo Museum (Pushkin, Russia), The Dagestan Museum (Makhachkala, Dagestan), in…
Brief overview of the 1927 pattern Soviet shashka
Samgin S. Abstract: Despite the fact that the 1927 pattern Soviet shashka is the most often item of Russian long-bladed weapons in private collections, its history and characteristic features are still not studied well enough. Available information about the subject is scattered across multiple specialized printed sources and electronic resources. The main purpose of this review…