Mini Yatagan information, anybody seen one before?

Kubur · 27th February 2017, 10:29 PM

I have an answer but I'm not sure you will like it...

sfenoid13 · 28th February 2017, 03:50 AM

Yes I like that a lot

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eftihis · 28th February 2017, 09:17 AM

This is not exactly a miniature, it is a small knife in the form of a large yataghan!

sfenoid13 · 28th February 2017, 04:34 PM

Efithis, that is a beatiful knife. How big is it though? Can you place it next to a regular sized knife or a pencil and take a picture for comparison?
Where did you get yours? If it is a very small size it looks very similar to mine. Do you have others like it?

digenis · 28th February 2017, 05:31 PM

When I was in Sarajevo, Bosnia I hung out in the old bazaar area of town (looking for old weapons...). During this time I befriended many of the local antique dealers. They showed me numerous antique miniature items that would have been common items during in Ottoman times (plates, jugs, trays, vases, etc.) They claimed that these items were created as part of the "exam" the local metalworkers guild required to advance from apprentice to journeyman metalworker.

If this is true (it is the Balkans after all...) maybe the miniature yataghan shares a similar back story.

kronckew · 28th February 2017, 06:45 PM

kubar, the turks had a large corps of vicious asian guineapig infantry, so feared by the europeans that they feared to even mention them for fear that just saying their names would draw them nigh.

mustafa pasha, on his invasion of europe in 1683, was forced by circumstance to leave this corps in instanbul. this left his flank in vienna open to attack thru the forest he thought screened it. after he was defeated by the winged polish hussars who would have been easy prey for the guinea pigs in the confines of the forest. mustafa was executed a short time after his defeat for his failure.

the turks subsequently disbanded the corps, as their expansion had been thwarted. the once feared piggies faded from history, leaving a few artefacts such as above.

there are a few colonies in the remote mountainous regions of mainland turkey that remember their former glory tho. i suspect the newish yat came from there. most travellers to the region do not, however return.

it is told, however, that the pigs, remembering mustafa, flee in fear to their burrows at the first sign of wings.

Miguel · 28th February 2017, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

kubar, the turks had a large corps of vicious asian guineapig infantry, so feared by the europeans that they feared to even mention them for fear that just saying their names would draw them nigh.

mustafa pasha, on his invasion of europe in 1683, was forced by circumstance to leave this corps in instanbul. this left his flank in vienna open to attack thru the forest he thought screened it. after he was defeated by the winged polish hussars who would have been easy prey for the guinea pigs in the confines of the forest. mustafa was executed a short time after his defeat for his failure.

the turks subsequently disbanded the corps, as their expansion had been thwarted. the once feared piggies faded from history, leaving a few artefacts such as above.

there are a few colonies in the remote mountainous regions of mainland turkey that remember their former glory tho. i suspect the newish yat came from there. most travellers to the region do not, however return.

it is told, however, that the pigs, remembering mustafa, flee in fear to their burrows at the first sign of wings.

I love it lol, can't wait for the next episode.

Miguel

27th February 2017, 10:29 PM	#1
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	I have an answer but I'm not sure you will like it... Attached Images

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eftihis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chania Crete Greece Posts: 511	This is not exactly a miniature, it is a small knife in the form of a large yataghan! Attached Images

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sfenoid13 Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 134	Yes I like that a lot )

28th February 2017, 04:34 PM	#4
sfenoid13 Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 134	Efithis, that is a beatiful knife. How big is it though? Can you place it next to a regular sized knife or a pencil and take a picture for comparison? Where did you get yours? If it is a very small size it looks very similar to mine. Do you have others like it?

28th February 2017, 05:31 PM	#5
digenis Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 48	When I was in Sarajevo, Bosnia I hung out in the old bazaar area of town (looking for old weapons...). During this time I befriended many of the local antique dealers. They showed me numerous antique miniature items that would have been common items during in Ottoman times (plates, jugs, trays, vases, etc.) They claimed that these items were created as part of the "exam" the local metalworkers guild required to advance from apprentice to journeyman metalworker. If this is true (it is the Balkans after all...) maybe the miniature yataghan shares a similar back story.

28th February 2017, 06:45 PM	#6
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	kubar, the turks had a large corps of vicious asian guineapig infantry, so feared by the europeans that they feared to even mention them for fear that just saying their names would draw them nigh. mustafa pasha, on his invasion of europe in 1683, was forced by circumstance to leave this corps in instanbul. this left his flank in vienna open to attack thru the forest he thought screened it. after he was defeated by the winged polish hussars who would have been easy prey for the guinea pigs in the confines of the forest. mustafa was executed a short time after his defeat for his failure. the turks subsequently disbanded the corps, as their expansion had been thwarted. the once feared piggies faded from history, leaving a few artefacts such as above. there are a few colonies in the remote mountainous regions of mainland turkey that remember their former glory tho. i suspect the newish yat came from there. most travellers to the region do not, however return. it is told, however, that the pigs, remembering mustafa, flee in fear to their burrows at the first sign of wings.