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Blade is 29 cm long, thick, rhomboid, with a serious point, a piercing weapon, with no cutting edges. The shape of the horn hilt looks Albanian/Western Balkan.
Is my Albanian attribution correct? Thanks! |
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Albanian is a good call on the hilt but the blade has a strong Turkish look to it.
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Ottoman Albanian?
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However, to me it looks more Eastern Anatolian/Syrian/Kurdish than Balkan based on all the elements, including hilt and scabbard. Regards, Teodor Last edited by TVV; 16th July 2010 at 12:48 AM. Reason: typo |
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Thank you for your replies.
I was thrown off by the handle, the shape and style of which is sought to be Albanian or Western Balkan. The blade is infinitely better than what one usually sees mounted on these hilts, and is almost 14 mm thick at the ricasso. I believe it could easily pierce a chain mail. |
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i think the blade is a valuable 18th century Ottoman court dagger used by high ranks in Istanbul,originally having had walrus hilt,silver scabbard and as oftenly done to nice blades, later in time it was rehilted and resheated .
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