Yataghan for translation and comment

eftihis · 8th August 2016, 05:49 PM

Hi, this last one "it said to be greek" yataghan, is clearly an algerian yataghan.
Some comments: Not all Greece had the same style, since they were no borders and the influences/parts/ and craftpeople travelled freely.
Second, untill a few years ago, there have been a lot of Greek buyers with money and interest in these kind of weapons, so the sellers were happy to "baptise" everything "greek" since it sell better. The yataghan posted by Kubur is a Greek one, propably of a post-revolution era (after 1830)

8th August 2016, 05:49 PM	#26
eftihis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chania Crete Greece Posts: 511	Hi, this last one "it said to be greek" yataghan, is clearly an algerian yataghan. Some comments: Not all Greece had the same style, since they were no borders and the influences/parts/ and craftpeople travelled freely. Second, untill a few years ago, there have been a lot of Greek buyers with money and interest in these kind of weapons, so the sellers were happy to "baptise" everything "greek" since it sell better. The yataghan posted by Kubur is a Greek one, propably of a post-revolution era (after 1830)