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Author: Riabkov
Manufacture date: 1999
Materials: steel, brass, wood, velvet, Damascus steel
Techniques: etching, nickel-plating, gilding, bluing, carving
Blades No: 2058 / 2059
Size:
broadsword - 1070 (840) x 36 mm
dagger - 435 (305) x 16 mm
Price: 16.560 EUR
It comes with certificate signed by artist.
Broadsword
Double-edged Damascus steel blade has one wide fuller, on 470mms length is decorated with etching, gilding, bluing in the form of stylized vegetable ornament, Maltese crosses and picture of a knight with a sword and a banner in his hands. On the blades back there is picture of trade mark and inscription in Russian: "1999. Zlatoust. Yu. Ryabkov."
Hilt consists of grip of "one and a half arm", small pommel and cross piece with a cross bar. The grip is wound with smooth white and golden twisted wire. The pommel has form of a concavo-concave lens and is decorated with laurel leaves' garlands and plated Maltese crosses.
The cross-piece has widening and bended down ends. The cross bar in the form of a small shield on the front is decorated with embossment of banners and "trophies". There is ornament on the back side.
Wooden sheath is covered with blue velvet and has mouth, middle band and tip. On the mouth and middle band there are nuts with waist-belt rings decorated by laurel leaves.
The armature is decorated with plats and stylized vegetable ornament.
Left hand dagger
Double-edged Damascus steel blade with one fuller is decorated on 80 mm's length with stylized vegetable ornament. On the heel's side facets there is picture of trading mark and inscription in Russian: "Zlatoust. Author Yu.B. Ryabkov. 1999."
Barrel-like grip is twined around by smooth white and golden twisted wire with 2 ferrules and cross piece with an a cross bar. The small pommel has form of concavo-concave lens and is decorated with laurel leaves' garland and plated Maltese crosses.
The cross piece has widening and bended down ends. The cross bar has form of a shield in the front and is decorated with embossment of a crown. On the other side there is a heraldic lily.
Wooden sheath is covered with blue velvet, has mouth and tip and is decorated with stylized vegetable ornament.
Broadsword
Left hand dagger
Broadsword
Backside
Artist's signature
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Left hand dagger
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