Yatagan or ??

TVV · 14th December 2010, 12:06 AM

Bichaq is simply the Turkish word for knife, so it could mean a variety of things. It can certainly be applied here.

In another thread I believe Eftihis showed a similar dagger, which if I recall correctly was made from a shortened Portuguese sword. Here it is:
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12253

The naval attribution on a similarly hilted dagger, with a reworked smallsword blade came from Rsword in this thread:
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...lsword+ottoman

Regards,
Teodor

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14th December 2010, 12:06 AM	#6
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,749	Bichaq is simply the Turkish word for knife, so it could mean a variety of things. It can certainly be applied here. In another thread I believe Eftihis showed a similar dagger, which if I recall correctly was made from a shortened Portuguese sword. Here it is: http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12253 The naval attribution on a similarly hilted dagger, with a reworked smallsword blade came from Rsword in this thread: http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...lsword+ottoman Regards, Teodor