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Zifir · 22nd January 2007, 11:43 AM

I agree with Jeff that the date is probably 1933 since I could not see any arabic date on the inscription. In the second picture at the bottom there is a
C. 88 (if I am correct, but I have no idea what it means or why the knifemaker chose to wrote it in half latin and half arabic) I will try to give a meaningful translation of the first inscription later but the knife was made in Erzincan (or Arzincan if you wish) a city in eastern Anatolia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzincan

Thus the second picture is

933
Erzincan
--------
Yadigar (souvenir)
C.88
the knifemaker's signature

22nd January 2007, 11:43 AM	#9
Zifir Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Istanbul Posts: 228	I agree with Jeff that the date is probably 1933 since I could not see any arabic date on the inscription. In the second picture at the bottom there is a C. 88 (if I am correct, but I have no idea what it means or why the knifemaker chose to wrote it in half latin and half arabic) I will try to give a meaningful translation of the first inscription later but the knife was made in Erzincan (or Arzincan if you wish) a city in eastern Anatolia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzincan Thus the second picture is 933 Erzincan -------- Yadigar (souvenir) C.88 the knifemaker's signature