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13th December 2010, 07:34 PM
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Hi Kino,
I think that one may well be a Bichaq. I believe to qualify as a yataghan it would need to have the 'recurved' blade. Looks like a good piece! Any chance of pattern welding hidden in the blade? Regards Gene |
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13th December 2010, 08:02 PM
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Well, I have also seen "yataghans" of this size and style that were considered naval yataghans.
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13th December 2010, 08:41 PM
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Haven't played with it much, I'll do a quick hot water etch to see in any patterns pop up. Quote:
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13th December 2010, 11:01 PM
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Yataghan-like daggers, similar to that one, were called "yataghan bichaq".
Their blades were often ( almost always) straight. |
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13th December 2010, 11:06 PM
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Bichaq is simply the Turkish word for knife, so it could mean a variety of things. It can certainly be applied here.
In another thread I believe Eftihis showed a similar dagger, which if I recall correctly was made from a shortened Portuguese sword. Here it is: http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12253 The naval attribution on a similarly hilted dagger, with a reworked smallsword blade came from Rsword in this thread: http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...lsword+ottoman Regards, Teodor |
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14th December 2010, 06:01 AM
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Thanks for the additional info guys.
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14th December 2010, 11:51 AM
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Good info chaps. I had thought that Yataghans had to have the recurved blade.
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14th December 2010, 08:24 PM
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There are large straight yats I have seen.........
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15th December 2010, 03:43 PM
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Hi Battara, I always thought the occasional Yats with straight blades were just semi-atypical anomalies. What would make this knife/dagger specifically a Yataghan, and not something else? I'm not disagreeing with you, just curious and wanting to extend my own knowledge Best Gene |
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