Ottoman Hancer for translation

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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

but became known for that only AFTER the Ottoman occupation.
And I think this might be the case with other Ottoman occupied territories as well... like Syria in this case.

I disagree, as you know well Damascus steel is not something Ottoman... Syrian weapons were higthly valued before the 16thc.

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

It will be impossible to differentiate a Yataghan made in Izmir by a Turkish smith from another Yataghan made in the Balkans, by the same smith that accompanied Ottoman army.

I disagree, Ottoman army and weapons from the 15th c. were different from the 19th c. So we cannot say that weapons from the conquest were similar to those of the 19thc.