Ivan Says: War Rugs are All Unique!
Unless otherwise stated, we're selling rugs by category of design and cannot guarantee you will get exactly what is pictured. Each artisan weaves their rugs differently! Factors that may change include colors, text, extra elements or lack thereof, and border style.
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What you see is what you'll get - simply pick your rug!
Afghanistan has been invaded, on and off, since 300 BC — conflict is to Afghanistan what the cheeseburger is to the United States. As far as Afghan culture goes, the only thing that predates war is rug making.
It should come as no surprise then that Afghanistan would make its own version of the Whopperito™, combining an established national pastime with ethnic tradition.
Handmade since the Soviet-Afghan war, war rugs are a bizarre cultural mash-up between Afghan pictorial weaving and images of conflict. Tanks, planes, guns, and explosions are painstakingly hand knotted into wool rugs in small Afghan villages and in refugee camps along the Pakistani border. Each rug is the unique result of over a month of work by the weaver and a valuable source of income for an Afghan family it supports.
Rugs labeled with the "Unique" pre-fix are one-off designs, and sold individually. The designs are available on a first come, first served basis.
Specs
Displaying Your Rug
These rugs are most frequently displayed on a wall. They can be placed on the ground, but it is more likely that they will be damaged or dirtied on the floor.
If you place the rug on the floor, please use a high-quality carpet pad underneath it to prevent slipping and unnecessary wear.
If hanging your rug, we recommend you use a rod, or a long strip of 2" hook and loop fastener to evenly distribute its weight. There are several good tutorials online, and this small step will ensure your rug doesn't sag unevenly over time.
Cleaning Your Rug
DO NOT LAUNDER
If it gets dusty or dirty, hang your rug on a clothesline and beat it with a stick like it's 300 BC 202X AD.
If you want to be less crude about things, please contact a professional rug cleaning service specializing in artistic rugs (not carpet cleaners). The hand-woven construction and natural dyes used in these war rugs require special products and techniques to clean without permanent damage.
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Amazing quality rug. Glad I received the version with the improper grammar.
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Very nice 👍
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Hind and Poppie perfection! Love the rug, great quality and beautiful design! Brings back tons of memories from Afghanistan! Will definitely be adding more to the collection!
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This glorious rug now hangs on my wall, laden with imagery reminiscent of 80's Afgnahistan. The weapon designs are pretty good, especially considering they were probably referenced from habibi's old grainy, sandblasted war photos. The quality of the rug itself is very nice, and I couldn't be happier with the color (though it's a mystery how it will look when it arrives; I just got lucky).
Now I can look at it every time I do my slav squat exercises, being inspired by people who had to cheeki breeki a lot harder than I do. Get yourself one of these dope war rugs and you too can distract everyone who visits your room from noticing the huge pile of (very necessary) surplus that you bought from KommandoStore.
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Very very nice
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