Turkish/Armenian sword

ariel · 21st June 2007, 01:28 AM

Quite some time ago, a Turkish sword was discussed on this Forum.
A comment was made that it was in fact of Armenian manufacture, from Istanbul.
This prompted a rather sarcastic remark of " Armenian? In Istanbul?"-type.
Well, here is another one, unequvocally Turkish with the name of Armenian master or distributor.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6245&rd=1&rd=1
Armenians were THE artisans of both Ottoman and Persian Empires and the main force in the Russian Caucasus as well.

21st June 2007, 01:28 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Turkish/Armenian sword Quite some time ago, a Turkish sword was discussed on this Forum. A comment was made that it was in fact of Armenian manufacture, from Istanbul. This prompted a rather sarcastic remark of " Armenian? In Istanbul?"-type. Well, here is another one, unequvocally Turkish with the name of Armenian master or distributor. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6245&rd=1&rd=1 Armenians were THE artisans of both Ottoman and Persian Empires and the main force in the Russian Caucasus as well.