new addition, origin is confusing

mavi1970 · 4th May 2007, 01:50 PM

erlikan,
are these swords readily found these days? or rare, i havent seen many available.

erlikhan · 4th May 2007, 02:05 PM

Well, not as many as Ottoman ordinary officer swords but to find one is not difficult for sure. And, they dont have only star. They always have both crescent and the star, 8 or 5 pointed, depending upon the period. Yours has star only. The crescent has fallen perhaps?? (They do often).

4th May 2007, 01:50 PM	#1
mavi1970 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 90	erlikan, are these swords readily found these days? or rare, i havent seen many available.

4th May 2007, 02:05 PM	#2
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	Well, not as many as Ottoman ordinary officer swords but to find one is not difficult for sure. And, they dont have only star. They always have both crescent and the star, 8 or 5 pointed, depending upon the period. Yours has star only. The crescent has fallen perhaps?? (They do often).