Yatagan origin identification

[onyxx]

TTV, thanx for the reply. No there are no inscriptions or gravings on the blade and yes the black I am refering to is the one between the ears.

Battara, my whife still has a unmaried younger brother

[nechesh]

Originally Posted by onyxx

Battara, my whife still has a unmaried younger brother

Go for it Jose!

[Valjhun]

I agree that it is from Balkans. Big white bone ears talks toward that option. As the colour of the hilt itself is not a 100% identificator of provenience is that the majority of white hilted yatagans come form Balkans.

Nice piece made in the first half of the 19th century. Looking at the koftgari I would say that it is not a Bosnia/Montenegro/Serbia piece, as koftgari is not typical for the area.

[onyxx]

Valjhun: Thanks for the reply, but I have a couple of questions.

Nice piece made in the first half of the 19th century.

How can you tell that?

Looking at the koftgari I would say that it is not a Bosnia/Montenegro/Serbia piece, as koftgari is not typical for the area.

So you would guess that it is a Bulgarian or Macedonian yatagan?

[Battara]

Originally Posted by nechesh

Go for it Jose!

Uh....er....well.....how about adoption?

By the way, the black between the ears (there is a joke in there somewhere ) is oxidation which may be patina on steel or tarnish on silver (though I think the latter is less likely).