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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th September 2025, 08:23 PM
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Posted By serdar
No problem, glad to help. 😃👍🏻

No problem, glad to help. 😃👍🏻
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th September 2025, 08:22 PM
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Posted By serdar
Hmm, picture isnt much, but to me it looks like i...

Hmm, picture isnt much, but to me it looks like i dont know name, but bladesmith took diferent parts of steel quality and result was “damasc” looking blade, i seen it on saber blades but not on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd September 2025, 09:16 PM
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Posted By serdar
It is Persian, my translator is specialised in...

It is Persian, my translator is specialised in ottoman turkey but not so much in persian, she translated fev parts but others she dont know, but knows that it is persian.

It is yatagan made in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd September 2025, 09:01 PM
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Posted By serdar
Let me help you 😁 That is not bičak bichaq,...

Let me help you 😁

That is not bičak bichaq, that is a Kama in croato serbian in croatia, serbia, bosnia etc. Kama double edged dagger, it is from 19 century there are 18 century examples, made in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd September 2025, 08:56 PM
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Posted By serdar
Boka and montenegro are hot very hot topic in...

Boka and montenegro are hot very hot topic in politics even today 😁 😁
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd September 2025, 08:55 PM
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Posted By serdar
Yes, it is a specific item that has a very tight...

Yes, it is a specific item that has a very tight and narow collectors circle but in that circle it is worth very much!
You scored very good!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st September 2025, 07:31 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,678
Posted By serdar
There is no Montenegrin type of scabards end, in...

There is no Montenegrin type of scabards end, in montenegreo they used what ever they bought or in most cases captured from turks.

But there is a Kotor type end and it is in silver a rounded ball...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st August 2025, 08:40 PM
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Posted By serdar
This example with dark horn ears is from...

This example with dark horn ears is from dalmatian back lands, it has a tin pewter alloy parazvana and hašrma on which is layered thin a very thin piece of silver sheet, it is not silvered but very...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st August 2025, 07:51 PM
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Views: 5,678
Posted By serdar
About metal on the flag of the blade is bras, and...

About metal on the flag of the blade is bras, and on joint and around blade hašrma i think it is kositar or tin pewter in english some mix it is very comon on yatagans made in hercegovina region,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st August 2025, 06:55 PM
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Posted By serdar
Marks are not istanbul, those marks i encountered...

Marks are not istanbul, those marks i encountered on few swords i got and they are proto schiavonesca types. 15/16 century, one is 14 century they got identical marks.

And age i would say dnd of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st August 2025, 06:49 PM
Replies: 18
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Posted By serdar
Congrats on aquiring that nice pala. My main...

Congrats on aquiring that nice pala.
My main focus in collecting are yataghan swords, especialy from balkan region, with emphasis on Dalmatian, Boka kotorska, Montenegro and Bosnia und Herzegovina...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd August 2025, 11:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,669
Posted By serdar
Thank you all very much on info and help! 😃

Thank you all very much on info and help! 😃
Forum: European Armoury 23rd August 2025, 11:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,048
Posted By serdar
Awdaniec, why? I wasnt one who was spitful on...

Awdaniec, why?
I wasnt one who was spitful on my polish saber post, for me that is over and past.
Can we be normal from now on?

I agree, as you saw up, i suspected it is indian indo-persian...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd August 2025, 06:29 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,308
Posted By serdar
If someone can read that form of persian on boka...

If someone can read that form of persian on boka yatagan?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd August 2025, 06:15 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,669
Posted By serdar
African dagger, what kind?

Steel blade, horn (baybe rhino, but not sure), silver fitings.
What kind of dagger is it if someon knows?
Forum: European Armoury 23rd August 2025, 06:10 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,048
Posted By serdar
Pictures of ricasso.

Pictures of ricasso.
Forum: European Armoury 23rd August 2025, 06:01 PM
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Views: 10,658
Posted By serdar
If someone knows about this sword stick, blade is...

If someone knows about this sword stick, blade is etched im not sure from what it is, springy, handle is made from walrus wery nicely with inlays, shaft is some kind of bamboo like maybe som swamp...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd August 2025, 05:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,240
Posted By serdar
Dont know age, but i would guess end of 18/...

Dont know age, but i would guess end of 18/ begining 19, with arow pointing more on 19 than 18.
But blade, more markings than blade alone seams to mimic italian blades, that one sign is atempt on...
Forum: European Armoury 13th August 2025, 09:28 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,048
Posted By serdar
Yes more indian, i said indo persian becouse of...

Yes more indian, i said indo persian becouse of some pulwar blades that i saw that were similar.
But i realy dont know, if i would need to bet on it, i would say indian before i would say european.
Forum: European Armoury 13th August 2025, 09:22 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 35,351
Posted By serdar
You are right! It was offered to me when i...

You are right!
It was offered to me when i posted it, and those markings and pomel looked fake as f. But i was virgin in schiavonas then, so i needed to ask if someone knows about it, but few days...
Forum: European Armoury 13th August 2025, 09:11 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,048
Posted By serdar
Blade on ricasso isnt blunt like indian ricasso,...

Blade on ricasso isnt blunt like indian ricasso, it looks like someone sharpened it many times and took away metal, but it is a strange angle of sharpening that reminds me of indian weapons.
Forum: European Armoury 13th August 2025, 09:07 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,048
Posted By serdar
Yes, sharpening is a problem to me, it looks more...

Yes, sharpening is a problem to me, it looks more indian indo-persian than european, and width of the “meat” behind the edge should be more wide, i had steyer saber 17 century blade with almost same...
Forum: European Armoury 13th August 2025, 08:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,048
Posted By serdar
Persian? I realy dont know, maybe it is,...

Persian?

I realy dont know, maybe it is, crossguard is ottoman but surely with persian influence, some palas, and karabelas i have, older examples have similar crossguards, and are taken as war...
Forum: European Armoury 13th August 2025, 08:44 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,048
Posted By serdar
It is realy dificult to tell, that is a reason i...

It is realy dificult to tell, that is a reason i posted it here, maybe someone saw similar example or know more.

Handle is dark horn very well made, crossguard is ottoman, from the end of 18...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd August 2025, 10:25 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 35,351
Posted By serdar
No problem, but how will you learn if you dont...

No problem, but how will you learn if you dont post picture and ask?
Books are limited, people also, but www people are best of both.

Yes i doubted in its originality, marks are wrong, blade,...
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