New sword from balkan for Identification

Emanuel · 31st August 2012, 09:14 AM

Hello Daniel,

The long one does appear to be a yataghan. I think the type of rust on this piece has been purposefully done to make the blade look like a relic. I bought a similar one once and the blade was heavily pitted because of it.

The smaller one is a karakulak, a yataghan-like knife, fairly common in the Balkans I believe. Since the scroll-work decoration on the blade continues almost to the tip I think the blade is re-profiled from a larger one, and it looks like re-hardened. Nice beefy piece!

Emanuel

31st August 2012, 09:14 AM	#2
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hello Daniel, The long one does appear to be a yataghan. I think the type of rust on this piece has been purposefully done to make the blade look like a relic. I bought a similar one once and the blade was heavily pitted because of it. The smaller one is a karakulak, a yataghan-like knife, fairly common in the Balkans I believe. Since the scroll-work decoration on the blade continues almost to the tip I think the blade is re-profiled from a larger one, and it looks like re-hardened. Nice beefy piece! Emanuel