Inscription on the blade

Jim McDougall · 11th July 2008, 02:41 AM

Thanks Ariel, you're right, definitely Ottoman.
This is the second example of Ottoman 'pistol grip' type hilt that has appeared without crossguard (in both cases clearly removed), the other one was posted by Gilbo, and that had a kilij blade.This seems unusual, that either someone is removing the crossguards on these Ottoman sabres or there was some movement at some time among Ottoman troops to emulate shashkas.

11th July 2008, 02:41 AM	#5
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,278	Thanks Ariel, you're right, definitely Ottoman. This is the second example of Ottoman 'pistol grip' type hilt that has appeared without crossguard (in both cases clearly removed), the other one was posted by Gilbo, and that had a kilij blade.This seems unusual, that either someone is removing the crossguards on these Ottoman sabres or there was some movement at some time among Ottoman troops to emulate shashkas.