A new yataghan

Stan S. · 26th December 2011, 04:30 PM

Amazing!

Henk · 26th December 2011, 05:40 PM

Wow!! Stunning ceaftmanship!!

delor · 27th December 2011, 07:43 AM

Thanks to all of you.
I would be very interested by any question or remark from you, concerning the departures from characteristic aspects of the genuine models you might have known (size, weigh, design...).
Regards.

nalan1978 · 27th December 2011, 08:45 AM

Very faithful to the original work

Handle seems shorter

delor · 27th December 2011, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nalan1978

Handle seems shorter

Yes and no... the whole size of the handle (bolsters + ivory) is as usual, but you're right, the ivory part is shorter (see attached photo).
The reasons for this are :

mammoth first quality ivory is quite hard to find. You already need two large blocks because of the "ear" shape, and longer would mean really much more expensive. So longer bolsters and shorter ivory is a good compromise ;
this is what the customer asked for, having already seen the same kind of design with another contemporary yataghan... (same constraints, same solutions).

Thanks for this interesting remark. I shall keep it in mind !

katana · 27th December 2011, 10:40 PM

Very, very nice

, if you have any 'construction' photo's ....especially of the hilt and how it was fixed to the tang, I would be grateful if you could post them.

Kind Regards David

delor · 27th December 2011, 11:14 PM

Thanks !
Yes I have many photos of the whole making process. Maybe it's better to start with the beginning and the blade forging :

The commission was mainly based on a single drawing, and a common agreement to decide on the embellishments details "on the way".
The blade was made of 60Ni20 and 80CrV2 steels, (choosen for their bright and gray colors after etching), which were forge folded up to more than 1200 layers.
Then the blade was forged out of the folded billet, and finally roughly buffed.

27th December 2011, 11:14 PM	#7
delor Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Marseille - France Posts: 73	Thanks ! Yes I have many photos of the whole making process. Maybe it's better to start with the beginning and the blade forging : The commission was mainly based on a single drawing, and a common agreement to decide on the embellishments details "on the way". The blade was made of 60Ni20 and 80CrV2 steels, (choosen for their bright and gray colors after etching), which were forge folded up to more than 1200 layers. Then the blade was forged out of the folded billet, and finally roughly buffed. Attached Images

26th December 2011, 04:30 PM	#1
Stan S. Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 227	Amazing!

26th December 2011, 05:40 PM	#2
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Wow!! Stunning ceaftmanship!!

27th December 2011, 07:43 AM	#3
delor Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Marseille - France Posts: 73	Thanks to all of you. I would be very interested by any question or remark from you, concerning the departures from characteristic aspects of the genuine models you might have known (size, weigh, design...). Regards.

27th December 2011, 08:45 AM	#4
nalan1978 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 19	Very faithful to the original work Handle seems shorter

27th December 2011, 10:40 PM	#6
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Very, very nice , if you have any 'construction' photo's ....especially of the hilt and how it was fixed to the tang, I would be grateful if you could post them. Kind Regards David