Is this a Rhino Horn handle? (Yataghan)

Oriental-Arms · 9th July 2009, 06:35 PM

Hi Gadi

I will be surprised if this is a Rhino horn handle. Usually on this type of Yataghans it is not. I would rather suggest a buffalo horn (its tends to develope with age a fibrous structure look which is sometimes mistaken with rhino horn). A closer examination is required. If you bring it to the meeting of our society next Thursday I will gladly look at it.

Yataghans with rhino horn handle are mostly coming from North Africa, and they have a very specific shape of lobbed pommel ears.

This Yataghan is dated to 1227, 1812 in the Gregorian calendar.

9th July 2009, 06:35 PM	#4
Oriental-Arms Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel Posts: 183	Rhino horn handle Hi Gadi I will be surprised if this is a Rhino horn handle. Usually on this type of Yataghans it is not. I would rather suggest a buffalo horn (its tends to develope with age a fibrous structure look which is sometimes mistaken with rhino horn). A closer examination is required. If you bring it to the meeting of our society next Thursday I will gladly look at it. Yataghans with rhino horn handle are mostly coming from North Africa, and they have a very specific shape of lobbed pommel ears. This Yataghan is dated to 1227, 1812 in the Gregorian calendar.