new yataghan in my collection
 

Most happy to got my Sinterklaas present !
FYI: where I live we do not have Santaclaus, but celebrate St Nicolas at 5 December...☺☺☺

not a fancy one, but just simple yataghan, black horn grip with a copper decoration on it, neither stones nor coral pieces.
Lenght: 79 cm, blade 62 cm
The inscription was quite dirty and looked to have disappeared through the ages...
But fortunately not: I just started to carefully clean it and the first result I can present already. Will show the "clean"and restored yataghan once I am finished with it.
Any of you have a similar simple one? as I am very curious to see more of these "simple"ones

hereby the inscription as was and cleaned

Hi Gunar,

A really nice sword! How is the balance? My guess is that the "simple" ones are the real fighters, so the balance will be a good one.
Congrats to a nice addition to your collection! :cool:

Regards,
Detlef

Thnx Detlef!

The balance is excellent as you guessed and indeed my thoughts were also it to be a fighter one, not for official or ceremonial purposes:

not to heavy, lovely nice fitting in the hand and an easy swing around for either defending as attacking purposes.
Much nicer in that respect compared to the “ fancy” ones.
Hope other members have the same experience if they have a similar one

Hi Gunar,
I bought this simple yataghan a long time ago for little money. I like its simplicity and that's why I keep it in my collection.

The handle was repaired during use.

Work of Osman, owner Mahmud Pasha - 1212 (from 26.6.1797 to 14.6.1798 according to the Gregorian calendar).

Technical specifications: total length 72.5 cm; blade length 54.5 cm; blade width at the heel 2.9 cm; thickness at the heel 0.6 cm.

Best regards,
Yuri

Good job on the cleaning. What chemicals and process did you use to clean the silver inscription?

thank you very much. Just a piece of rubber gum one uses for erasing pencil writing.
That mostly does the trick; it do it with all my yataghans.
In this case I only used the gum 5 minutes and the result you can see clearly

Additional I do use some vaseline to loosen the "black" between the letters ;

if it is dirt, the vaseline will loosen it and after a couple of hours or the next day, you can rub it off easily with cotton wool or a piece of cloth.
This does not have a negative impact on the gold and blade
It also leaves a very thin protective layer. Also on the metal decoration between the bone or ivory grip, I use vaseline first as it mostly works there as well.

If it is still too dirty, I use a little acetone as third option, also for the bichaqs. Both silver and gold inscriptions and afterwards with some oil for protection

double, sorry...

A very nice one indeed ! and for its age in very good condition. A good piece for any collection.
Handles are often broken, specially when the yataghan has been used in battle. Mine have also been through the wars and some do miss a piece of the ear....

A few drops of oil ( olive oil or oil from any nut ) on your grip would make it look more pretty as it looks a little dry. Apologies for being a little obnoxious here

last 4 pics shows cleaned by just using some oilive oil ( virgin ).
and also here; natural product which has no negative impact on the horn / bone and also copper. I also use it on the leather of the scabbard/sheat

A few drops of oil ( olive oil or oil from any nut ) on your grip would make it look more pretty as it looks a little dry. Apologies for being a little obnoxious here[/QUOTE]


Thank you very much for the advice :)

Enclosed some more pics of the cleaned yataghan