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26th September 2011, 09:29 PM | #1 |
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Help identify this item is.
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26th September 2011, 10:27 PM | #2 |
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Looks like a yataghan of some sort.
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27th September 2011, 12:21 AM | #3 |
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The knife appears to be from the type referred to as Trabzon dagger/knife when looking at the grip slab shapes. The unusual bolster found on these piece appear to be missing... a few word searches will show more.
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28th September 2011, 07:25 PM | #4 | |
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In Russian collectors have expressed our version of that item is from the Balkans |
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28th September 2011, 09:30 PM | #5 | |
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28th September 2011, 09:49 PM | #6 |
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I'm with Theodor on this one. Balkans or Greece would be my guess as well. Does the last photo show a date in the rectangular cartouche? The dragon engraving would signify an Orthodox christian symbolism, one would think St.George vs. the Dragon...
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