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Old 26th July 2006, 05:19 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Rick
The tip of my Yatagan scabbard .
Dragon or Fish ?
In Bulgaria it is called a dolphin, and so it may be neither a dragon, nor fish. However, this does not mean it represents a dolphin, and I have no idea what it was originally intended to be. I personally believe that a dragon would make most sense as a symbol, unless you want to believe an incredible theory, according to which it is a dolphin and was put only on naval yataghans. This type of chape appears to be too widely spread for this theory to be plausible.
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