Greetings!
If you wanted to make it playable, I'm not sure where you would find a luthier with gusle experience - you might check in the Croatian community...
I'm not real familiar with the gusle, but that is the bridge; the one string would run through it, and it would sit on top of the leather head....
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That does look like quite a close match. I can't make a guess as to whether the goblet is 19th or 20th century though.
Russian federation: [ATTACH] Greek Orthodox Church: [ATTACH] And there are probably a number of other possibilities; neither is an exact match...
I came across that useful Wiki article while researching that other thread involving a double-headed eagle. With one foot holding a sword, the...
Yes; I was probably not very clear. I have some souvenir knives that my parents got in the middle east around 1960; they are so dull, and made...
Age and rarity....I'm sure others will have opinions....a rough guess to age: not more than 40 years old (1977 or later). Rarity....is this of...
Welcome! I like netsuke, and have one or two, not of great quality but I found them attractive.
To be more precise what I meant in the centered vs offset discussion is that a particular style of knife will never vary, not that one ethnic...
Richard: somewhat belatedly, please allow me to welcome you to the forum.
To a knifemaker or user, the offset blade versus the centered blade is a major distinguishing detail, regardless of similarities in handle...
I agree with Mill Cove that one of the best research methods would be an ebay search for completed listings with each title. I haven't checked on...
As others have mentioned, it is a tourist/souvenir version of such a dagger, with an inscription that has been in use since 1821. However, in my...
Language is Greek, I think; I can't translate it though. And looks to be souvenir-quality rather than ceremonial. "Greece" in Greek would be...
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