Early Yataghan for Comments and Discussion

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Originally Posted by TVV

I believe there is a song about Krali Marko, a popular hero throughout the Balkans, and his fight with Musa Kesedzija, in which Marko shatters Musa's damaskinya with his diplyanka.

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for those interested, some nice songs from the Balkan about King Marko / Krali - Kralj Marko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv3Renv5eyg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcLG_EnZldY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W39VIuTKOg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jj5tEXBfUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_bMjAmEK24



some more info on the man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ioxYmEaCU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Marko

Last but not least, thank you Teodor for the above info. It opens up quite some new perspective(s) and information.
As for martial arts; in my youth I practised the Indonesian Pencak Silat Setiah Hati but the weapons we used,
differ completley from these yataghans, hence my curiousity but also kind of "ingnorance" how they are used.
I can only tell like in my reply to Detlev how they feel in my hand and swinging around but that doesn't make me a specialist at all, au contraire ...☺

What fascinates me is the similarity with quite some weapons ( predecessors perhaps ? ) of the swords type of weapons in the region from the ancient times...5 -4 BC
Looking at these, more than 2500 years ago, it is interesting to know how these evolved and how they migh or might not be related to the yataghans we are know discussing...