2 recently acquired Trabzon blades

erlikhan · 9th November 2006, 08:33 AM

hi.I am sure the first one is from Trabzon, with its blade and hilt form,leather sewing,even leather ears on the each side of the hilt,which are always seen on black sea yataghans as well.
-I think- second one is from Trabzon too. A more special and richer sample compared to ones seen more oftenly in market,like the one in thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=TRABZON . But I request more knowledged members about Caucassian arms like Rivkin or any other to correct me if it is not from Trabzon but somewhere else in the region. All the pieces have Russian 84 stamps. 2nd choice of me would be Azerbaijan due to the eight pointed star inside the crescent, but Ottomans used the same number of points till 1840s too. It was after then the Ottoman flag was turned to 5 pointed star.

regards

9th November 2006, 08:33 AM	#1
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	2 recently acquired Trabzon blades hi.I am sure the first one is from Trabzon, with its blade and hilt form,leather sewing,even leather ears on the each side of the hilt,which are always seen on black sea yataghans as well. -I think- second one is from Trabzon too. A more special and richer sample compared to ones seen more oftenly in market,like the one in thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=TRABZON . But I request more knowledged members about Caucassian arms like Rivkin or any other to correct me if it is not from Trabzon but somewhere else in the region. All the pieces have Russian 84 stamps. 2nd choice of me would be Azerbaijan due to the eight pointed star inside the crescent, but Ottomans used the same number of points till 1840s too. It was after then the Ottoman flag was turned to 5 pointed star. regards Attached Images Last edited by erlikhan; 9th November 2006 at 12:23 PM.