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28th December 2020, 09:01 PM
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Yes, Turkish ribbon for sure.
The blade appears to have seen some real use. The hilt seems to be horn. You should examine it with a 5-10 magnifying glass and maybe will discover it is rhino horn. From what I see in the photos I believe it is quite likely. 19th century Turkey would be my guess.  Nice piece! |
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29th December 2020, 09:51 AM
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Not all that crude, just built for use. ribbon core and rhino grip is hardly low-class. Repair to the ear look very well done.
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29th December 2020, 10:14 AM
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A very nice blade, but actually I don't see rhino horn.
The structure of the material seems to be wrong. Regards |
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29th December 2020, 10:37 AM
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Hello,
Thank you all for your comments, there is translusence in the hilts grips and it looks between wood-horn so maybe rhino... I will try to make some good close up of the grip and the blade and post it |
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29th December 2020, 02:05 PM
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Some more pics of the blade
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29th December 2020, 02:08 PM
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the hilt, with/without torch
19th century ? I thought maybe too a north african/algerian model ( hilt shape and materials)... Kind regards |
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29th December 2020, 04:02 PM
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The repaired part of the hilt could be wood.
The rest is horn, but probably no rhino horn. In this thread you can see the structure of rhino horn very well, especially in post 18: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6162 I think the yataghan is turkish and not from North Africa. Regards |
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