Big cervine knife
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Author: Riabkov
Manufacture date: 1998
Materials: steel, brass, wood
Techniques: etching, nickel-plating, gilding, bluing, carving
Blade No: 1913
Size: 920 (870) x 30 mm
Price: 7.890 EUR
It comes with certificate signed by artist.
Double-edged Damascus steel blade with one fuller, on 190mms has etching and gilding in the form of stylized vegetable ornament and pictures of scenes of hunting a wild-boar. On the blade's side facets there is picture of trade mark and inscription in Russian: "Zlatoust. 1998. Author Yu.B. Ryabkov".
The hilt consists of grip and a guard. The barrel-shaped grip is entwined by smooth white and golden twisted fine wire.
The guard is formed by knuckle bow coming from the grip's upper side transforming into cross piece. On the cross piece is fixed small shield with picture of a wild-boar's head, oak branches and geometric ornament.
Wooden sheath has moth and tip. The edges of the armature are figured, and the armature's details are decorated with stylized vegetable and geometric ornament.




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