Mystery knife 'Turkish' / Facon?

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

This is the one that Norman mentioned. It wasn't part of the SEA collection of course.

It was described as 'Turkish' and 18thC but as Norman pointed out, has a somewhat 'gaucho' look.

I'm at a loss with it?

Any help appreciated.

Hi
"Turkish" due to the very stylized, star and crescent
may be ... with a lot of imagination,
because this knife by it self, hasn't the characteristic of his supposed origin ... Ottoman

unless this is a Turk immigrant in Argentina in 18th, who has order it to an Argentinian blacksmith
this knife, very attractive, was longer belong to a "gaucho" than to a Turk, in my humble opinion

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Dom

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Dom

Hi
"Turkish" due to the very stylized, star and crescent
may be ... with a lot of imagination,
because this knife by it self, hasn't the characteristic of his supposed origin ... Ottoman

unless this is a Turk immigrant in Argentina in 18th, who has order it to an Argentinian blacksmith
this knife, very attractive, was longer belong to a "gaucho" than to a Turk, in my humble opinion

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Dom

Yes, presumably thats what the seller was going by, the crescent and star.
He's normally quite knowledgeable, so it threw me somewhat and I started to wonder if it WAS some strange variant from some far flung corner of Ottoman influence that I'd not seen before.

[Battara]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Yes, presumably thats what the seller was going by, the crescent and star.
He's normally quite knowledgeable, so it threw me somewhat and I started to wonder if it WAS some strange variant from some far flung corner of Ottoman influence that I'd not seen before.

I was thinking the same thing. Doesn't look Turkish/Ottoman to me........