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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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just won this at an online auction in norfolk, uk.
listed as: 19th Century North African Flyssa sword with scabbard a/f i seriously doubt that. ![]() ![]() will list more info on arrival. |
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: GREECE
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A nice yataghan.
Congratulations!!! |
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Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE
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Can someone please outline the difference between a Turkish Yatagan and a Greek Yatagan? Is there a stamp on this blade?
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i read elsewhere here that the balkan ones, like my bulgarian one, have integral bolsters, where the turkish ones do not, having a seperate bolster that extends decoratively up the blade for a short bit. not sure abput that tho. i'm sure someone will comment.
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My assumption is that there is no difference but that it signifies generally Ottoman...or at the time Greece was a protectorate of the Ottoman Empire...
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There was no "Greece" till 1821. Just as there was no Serbia, and no "Bulgaria" till 1908 ( in 1878 they got an autonomous state).
Integral bolsters were specific for Bulgarian karakulaks and Zeibek Yataghans. The rest had thin hollow bolsters similar to Afghani khybers. There are very few minor decorative features attributing yataghans to specific localities: all silver nielloed , small-eared Cretan, smooth round corals from Foca, karabela-like handles from North Africa... Blades were made everywhere, but mainly in Anatolia and Bosnia and sold en masse. Very few are signed with Christian names or Gregorian dates. Kronckew's question is superficiously simple ( it is a yataghan, not a flyssa), but older flyssa did have a yataghan-like appearance, suggesting their origin. And I am not surprised that Brits called Khybers Salavar (mutilated Selaava) Yataghans: many of them do have recurved blades. This begs a question.....:-)))) |
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