Yataghans:bibliography and identification

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by mankova

Hello and thank you for adding me to your forum

There are some pics of my "patients".

Unfortunately, I cannot help you with the information you are seeking, but I must say the Yataghans are magnificent.

I hope they will be restored to their former glory by a good professional and knowledgeable person!

Do I see the date 1292 AH (meaning 1875 AD) in the cartridge?

[mankova]

mariusgmioc, thank you for reply. I compared some examples from Astvatsaturian's book and think the same about the date. But I may be wrong.

If i'm right, another one may be from 1824/25, but it was very hard to read between the rust.

I will do my best and give them back their lost beauty. Conservation is about knowledge and practice, and before I will touch them, first I must know everything about this type of weapon and about these two.

[Jerseyman]

Hello Mankova,

Welcome - always good to see new input on the forum.

You could try and find 'Zbirka Jatagana' by Dora Boskovic. I think I'm right in saying she's a curator at the Zagreb History Museum and this is a catalogue of the museum's yataghans, with a lot of useful information.

Good luck with both the restoration and the thesis.

[mankova]

Originally Posted by Jerseyman

You could try and find 'Zbirka Jatagana' by Dora Boskovic. I think I'm right in saying she's a curator at the Zagreb History Museum and this is a catalogue of the museum's yataghans, with a lot of useful information.

Hello Jerseyman and thank you for your idea with this book It was one of the first i was searching for Unfortunatelly polish bibliotecs don;t have this position i was searching also online access (google books and others), with no effect. Finally i may buy it from croatian bookstore website

Originally Posted by Jerseyman

Good luck with both the restoration and the thesis.

Thank you, I'll do my best