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1. RDN's Lucifer

   http://art-of-swords.tumblr.com/post/78791426764/khanjar-dagger-of-the-mughal-emperor-shah-jahan

   Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:04:14 UTC from web
   1. William

      @nerthos what a beauty! Persians knew their decorative blades.

      Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:06:47 UTC from web
      1. RDN's Lucifer

         @awl Persians had master artisans in quite a few areas, like weaponcraft and architecture.

         Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:07:58 UTC from web
         1. William

            @nerthos they also housed the most used calligraphic form of the arabic writing systeme to this day, seen on that blade.

            Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:10:13 UTC from web
            1. RDN's Lucifer

               @awl I need to learn arabic. I love the way it looks.

               Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:11:45 UTC from web
               1. William

                  @nerthos it's absolutely perfect for short-hand writing. I know a few words and phrases in arabic, picked up over the years, but learned the systeme to write turkish and other languages that used it.

                  Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:13:49 UTC from web
                  1. RDN's Lucifer

                     @awl Doing some gothic calligraphy today sparked my interest on the whole discipline again.

                     Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:15:10 UTC from web
                     1. William

                        @nerthos oh? Like medieval gotiska, or like fraktur?

                        Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:17:07 UTC from web
                        1. RDN's Lucifer

                           @awl Did this for my mother's birthday present. She loves that type of calligraphy but hates doing it, as far as I remember. http://imgur.com/ZfC6NT9

                           
                           Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:21:39 UTC from web
                           1. William

                              @nerthos fantastic! Look like larger characters and those "s" are a pain.

                              Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:26:30 UTC from web
                              1. RDN's Lucifer

                                 @awl Oh god the S. The S was a torture. Took me twice as much time as the other two. Ended up doing a semi-custom S because the ones from the references I felt like I'd screw up.

                                 Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:27:49 UTC from web
                                 1. William

                                    @nerthos lol, trying a quick copy of the image on paper and i'm not even trying the "s". http://rainbowdash.net/url/699473

                                    
                                    Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:34:05 UTC from web
                                    1. RDN's Lucifer

                                       @awl I spent about 40 minutes on it I think. Did some tries on paper beforehand. http://imgur.com/UId0bgQ

                                       
                                       Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:49:45 UTC from web
                                       1. William

                                          @nerthos the angle of the "s"... I feel like it should be barely acute like a horse bob ing his head back of his neck and down? In other words pretty much like what you had at the bottom.

                                          Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:54:22 UTC from web
                                          1. RDN's Lucifer

                                             @awl It's trial and error

                                             Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:55:00 UTC from web
                                             1. William

                                                @nerthos pretty much, even for those in high practise.

                                                Friday, 07-Mar-14 01:55:38 UTC from web