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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Yesterday, 09:38 PM
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Posted By serdar
About translation Alah is visible but rest not...

About translation Alah is visible but rest not so.
Probably in the name of god, or similar phrase.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Yesterday, 01:19 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 787
Posted By serdar
Is it yours? It was on herman historica...

Is it yours?
It was on herman historica auction.
It is ottoman dagger, but it has nothing to do with albania, lots of people call this type of dagger albanian but it isnt.
It has walrus ivory...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd July 2026, 07:45 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 27,520
Posted By serdar
Pavle That is bosnian made dagger around 1850...

Pavle
That is bosnian made dagger around 1850 to 1890, it has nothing to do with albania.

It can be purchased all over balkan on a local fairs, for a equivalent of a bottle of a cheap burbon or a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2026, 05:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 25,276
Posted By serdar
First of all using AI to translate old ottoman or...

First of all using AI to translate old ottoman or persian language is very bad decision.
Find a person that deals with those languages it is much better choice.

Yatagan is made in Bosnia, it has...
Forum: European Armoury 3rd May 2026, 09:15 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 51,420
Posted By serdar
Oba su prekrasna 😃 Lijepi komadi, cestitam! ...

Oba su prekrasna 😃
Lijepi komadi, cestitam!
😃👍🏻

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Both are beautiful 😃
Nice pieces, congratulations!
Forum: European Armoury 25th April 2026, 03:29 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 51,420
Posted By serdar
This one fromHvar is much better, Jure Pašalić...

This one fromHvar is much better, Jure Pašalić 1843, ajd bar jedan Hercegovac 😁😁
Forum: European Armoury 19th April 2026, 09:27 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 51,420
Posted By serdar
Nice observation on Italian origin, But,...

Nice observation on Italian origin, But, italians dont use W in their alphabet, Austrians do use W.
And there are several yatagans in Croatian museums in Dalmatia with identical, writing all...
Forum: European Armoury 15th April 2026, 08:51 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 51,420
Posted By serdar
That is a realy interesting yatagan/handzar, it...

That is a realy interesting yatagan/handzar, it is made in dalmatia definetly but it mimics yatagans from boka kotorska, its made in brass and leser quality than bokeljski.

But most interesting...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd April 2026, 06:49 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 22,466
Posted By serdar
They were soldered by copper, not brass.

They were soldered by copper, not brass.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st March 2026, 11:26 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 21,272
Posted By serdar
It looks similar but it is miles apart, it...

It looks similar but it is miles apart, it doesent have natural fluiditi of a wootz.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st March 2026, 11:24 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 21,911
Posted By serdar
Second is bosnian post austrian ocupation 1878...

Second is bosnian post austrian ocupation 1878 bichak, when yatagan smiths were baned to produce weapons like yatagans, they started to produce those bichaks knives, for every day use and like...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st March 2026, 11:22 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 21,911
Posted By serdar
First “bichak” doesent necesary need to be from...

First “bichak” doesent necesary need to be from yatagan, there were shorter yatagan knives like that one, engravings on it are too close to hasrma to be of a yatagan, and sweeping of the blade sugest...
Forum: European Armoury 12th March 2026, 05:20 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,303
Posted By serdar
Thank you on info! I never heard about fokos...

Thank you on info!

I never heard about fokos before, it does look very used, and it is very nice axe.

With it i also acquired another one, i think it is chekn or something like that name, i saw...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th March 2026, 10:16 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 28,151
Posted By serdar
It looks like mandau sword of dayaks, head hunter...

It looks like mandau sword of dayaks, head hunter sword.
There are "real deal" ones and "touristic" ones.
Forum: European Armoury 9th March 2026, 07:49 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,303
Posted By serdar
Axe, balta? What kind, origin?

Axe, if someone knows, origin, type?
I found in Milan Praunsperger book Weapons of old Croats similar axe it is caled Balta, it looks similar.
Handle of the axe is definetly not original from the...
Forum: European Armoury 9th February 2026, 11:37 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,345
Posted By serdar
Those two sabers should be austrian prima plana...

Those two sabers should be austrian prima plana 1767 models.
German hangers? And that they were used in america?
I never heard about that, but that type of saber is called prima plana and sometimes...
Forum: European Armoury 7th February 2026, 10:48 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 31,107
Posted By serdar
No problem 😃👍🏻

No problem 😃👍🏻
Forum: European Armoury 7th February 2026, 10:48 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 9,042
Posted By serdar
Thank you very much all of you on help! 😃👍🏻

Thank you very much all of you on help! 😃👍🏻
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th February 2026, 10:47 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,203
Posted By serdar
Hy, that is a sultans thugra which was placed by...

Hy, that is a sultans thugra which was placed by goldsmiths for purity of silver, which specific thugra is i dont know it is very hard to seriously tell, it looks like Mahmud 2, but no one serious...
Forum: European Armoury 27th January 2026, 04:48 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 9,042
Posted By serdar
It has a makers mark partialy covered by guard,...

It has a makers mark partialy covered by guard, it is a king with crown.
Photos are little dark, i couldnt take them outside it is raining all days long.
If someone knows maker, what army rank wear...
Forum: European Armoury 26th January 2026, 11:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 9,042
Posted By serdar
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Forum: European Armoury 26th January 2026, 08:52 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 9,042
Posted By serdar
Austro hungarian pallasch

As im not so much of an expert on european weapons, especialy on pallasches, if someone knows more than me on this pallasch from my collection.
I know it is 18 century, Austria.
Forum: European Armoury 24th January 2026, 11:50 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 31,107
Posted By serdar
Hmm how the pictures got horizontal I have no...

Hmm how the pictures got horizontal I have no idea...
They were vertical.
But there is trouble with uploading and delay.
Forum: European Armoury 24th January 2026, 07:18 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 31,107
Posted By serdar
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Forum: European Armoury 24th January 2026, 07:16 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 31,107
Posted By serdar
There are also pandour images from old books and...

There are also pandour images from old books and graphics from museum in Požega.
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