latest 2020 yataghan

[kronckew]

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.

[Gonzoadler]

A very nice blade, but actually I don't see rhino horn.
The structure of the material seems to be wrong.

Regards

[francantolin]

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

[francantolin]

Some more pics of the blade

[francantolin]

the hilt, with/without torch

19th century ?
I thought maybe too a north african/algerian model ( hilt shape and materials)...

Kind regards

[Gonzoadler]

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

[francantolin]

Hello GonzoAdler,

I know rhino structure but we don't see the spaghetti structure anytime,
sometimes it's really homogenous and translucent ( have a jambiya like that )
sometimes it can be dark and really fibrous like this one sold by a serious house,
I think you would say it's just wood ...
I can do the sticky test...
Maybe the rhino hilt opinion change depending on if you have it in you hands or not

Ps: the repaired part is on the other side: without nails,looks like wax-bakelite,
and transluscent too,
can't be wood at all