please help i am new
 

i am trying to figure out what i have, any ideas? there looks to be farsi writing on it and i have sent that to a friend to translate it

Turkish
 

Hi taxman1976 -- welcome to the Forum. :)

The knife you show is most likely of Turkish manufacture. We discussed these on the Forum a while back (maybe a year or more ago) and as I recall these were mostly of fairly recent (20th C.) manufacture.

One of our Turkish members can almost certainly provide the details you are looking for.

Ian.

Edit: Here is the link to a previous discussion of these knives. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=9394

thanks for the information
 

i will await a turkish response lol. i want to begin collecting blades but for decoration only. i find something about them mysterious if that makes sense. i wish i knew the story of it in general

Welcome, taxman. Believe me, we all share your feelings in one fashion or another. :)

If you look at the thread Ian linked, you will note some posts by erlikhan, who is Turkish, located in Istanbul.