Plas help id this Yataghan

Hatumesh · 30th June 2009, 10:35 PM

Hi,
Can any of you shed light on this piece. The more info on it - the happier I'll be.
Thank you.

Rick · 30th June 2009, 10:38 PM

Do you plan to sell it in Swap ?

Hatumesh · 30th June 2009, 10:42 PM

Goodness! We are not supposed to ask such questions publicly. I'll PM you.

Emanuel · 1st July 2009, 12:59 AM

Nice one Hatumesh!

I think I can make out a _128 on the top-left corner of the inscription. That would make it (1)716 on the Gregorian calendar.

Emanuel

Battara · 1st July 2009, 06:15 AM

Could also be Balkan......

Oriental-Arms · 1st July 2009, 03:04 PM

This type of Yataghans are commonly regarded as Balkan (The big wide walrus pommel ears). They were very common in the 19 C. I would be surprised to find an early 18 C. one. The blade could be an early one re-mounted in the 19 C. Yet, the quality of the silver work is 19 C. and I would expect a much better Caligraphy in the early 18 C. Another posibility is to read the date as 1280 (the short line after the figure 8 might be a 0) which makes 1863 in the Gregorian calendar.

30th June 2009, 10:35 PM	#1
Hatumesh Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel Posts: 24	Plas help id this Yataghan Hi, Can any of you shed light on this piece. The more info on it - the happier I'll be. Thank you. Attached Images

1st July 2009, 03:04 PM	#6
Oriental-Arms Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel Posts: 183	Yataghan, 18 or 19 C. This type of Yataghans are commonly regarded as Balkan (The big wide walrus pommel ears). They were very common in the 19 C. I would be surprised to find an early 18 C. one. The blade could be an early one re-mounted in the 19 C. Yet, the quality of the silver work is 19 C. and I would expect a much better Caligraphy in the early 18 C. Another posibility is to read the date as 1280 (the short line after the figure 8 might be a 0) which makes 1863 in the Gregorian calendar.

30th June 2009, 10:38 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,293	Do you plan to sell it in Swap ?

30th June 2009, 10:42 PM	#3
Hatumesh Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel Posts: 24	Goodness! We are not supposed to ask such questions publicly. I'll PM you.

1st July 2009, 12:59 AM	#4
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Nice one Hatumesh! I think I can make out a _128 on the top-left corner of the inscription. That would make it (1)716 on the Gregorian calendar. Emanuel

1st July 2009, 06:15 AM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,220	Could also be Balkan......