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13th December 2009, 03:26 AM
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Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Gorgeous blade, look at the interesting differential hardening too!
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13th December 2009, 05:45 PM
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Nice Yataghan, Congratulations!
Yataghans with images of sword/dagger and typical mark are well known and documented. There is a note on them in E.Astvatsuryan book "Turkish Weapons": the "daggers" are depicted on the right side of the blade and normally contain the name of the owner; whereas the engraved/framed cartouch goes on the left side and typically contains the name of the maker. The ribbon pattern usually comprises of 3 to 5, sometimes more, twisted layers. Yours shows 3, and nice and clear ones. Here is another, similar Yat with 6, or possibly more layers. The closeup shows how it was done: the central core is sandwiched between 2 steel layers, and each layer is separated by a thin line, so it'd be easier to count:-) |
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13th December 2009, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: GREECE Patras
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Thank you all for your comments you make me very happy!
Best regards to all and merry christmas For me santa Clause came early this year 
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