Antique Oriental Weapons

Oriental weapons – Weapons of the eastern countries attract with their unusual forms, often of unique quality in execution, the high level of which is determined by adherence to traditions, when skill is passed down from century to century, from generation to generation.

High quality processing emphasizes the beauty of damask steel, wood, bone, horn, animal skin, mother-of-pearl, precious and semi-precious stones.
Weapons are the most valuable monument of the material culture of peoples, the embodiment of its achievements. The shape and decor of the weapon reflect the traditions, the level of development of the culture of the country in which it was made.
The work of eastern blacksmiths gave the world such achievements as damask and Damascus steel of armourers of Muslim countries, magnificent steel of Japanese and Indonesian bladed weapons.

Characteristic of the weapons of the Muslim East is the exquisite decor of the steel parts of the weapons, skillfully made notch, inlaid with gold and silver.

A weapon is often not just a weapon of battle, but a multifunctional item with a high symbolic value.

This item denotes the status and ancestry of its owner, is an indispensable part of the national costume and a participant in folk rites and rituals.

In the mythology of different countries, weapons have a divine origin, are an attribute of gods and heroes, an instrument of interaction with the other world or protection from the forces of evil.