Sure it did...it IS the same yatagan.
I have to agree about the not being much overpriced, if at all and the fact that it's a newer hilt and scabbard, as there's a good chance that the old ones were completely or nearly so rotted away, or else they'd have simply left it as it was.
It IS unfortunate that they weren't redone in an authentic style though, with so many patterns from that region available and likewise I see the point about the date being suspicious, but even here it looks to be somewhere in the general area and not several hyndred years off as I would expect if they were trying to make a killing.
Now that you mentioned Vegas and Germany that does explain the 2,000 year old sax with the human tibia hilt that was in such good shape (the tibia, not the blade **grin**)...one could almost say that someone gave an arm and a leg for THAT knife.
Mike
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