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can you give me the origin of the yatagan
It measures 70cm long, the blade 5cm heel, very thick in the heel, t blade... mother-of-Pearl and brass inlays. and a marking on the blade |
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Ooh, very interesting piece, the blade has very graceful lines!
The mother-of-pearl looks like a modern addition to the large brass rivets. The style recalls North/Eastern Anatolian and Central Asian types. The integral bolster and thinning tang is very very interesting. Last edited by Emanuel; 4th April 2014 at 01:15 AM. |
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I'll bump this, in case someone else has some thoughts to share on this piece.
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Very interesting, very original, very unusual...and probably either not Turkish and/or recently made. It's not just the hilt,shape of the blade itself is also very unusual, and have some subtle differences from the usual form of a yatağan(even so that yatağan form itself varied radically)
It is very beautiful, yet puzzling. |
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I was hoping you'd chime in on this, Sancar. I was looking through your thread on contemporary Turkish bladesmiths to see if something similar came up.
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Hi,
i think that this yatagan comes from Trebizold area(Pontos) in the black sea. I would say that it is of late 19th or early 20th century . It seems christian. |
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This is not a Black Sea yatağan, or a recently made more Turkish reproduction. The rivet and inlay decoration reminds me of Central Asian knives. Shape of ears and hilt is similar to Caucasian region wooden hilted shashkas. So I think this might be a rehilted Khyber knife or a modern "yatağan" made by an Afgani or Northen Uzbek bladesmith who usually make Khyber knife type blades.
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