Adventures of sahib-faranges. Popov A.Yu.

The deadly beauty of objects intended for the taken out of life is not only felt by museum workers and collectors. The cold charm of the dagger is explained by the fact that he, like any work of the master, carries a particle of strong creative force in the world - the forces of art, which affects the pattern of poultry steel in exquisite decorative decoration. The book of Andrei Popov, an expert and collector of the cold weapons of India, is devoted not only to a description of the typological diversity of the antique weapons of this region. The reader will find here historical excursions associated with one or another rare example or unusual technique of execution, as well as fascinating, adventurous, and sometimes criminal stories of illegal turnover of “stinging iron”.