Cretan Revolution Weapons 18th century

[Skarts_ss]

Hi all,

i would like to share with you, my family weapons that have passed to me.
It is a pistol and a yatagan. Both weapons belonged to my great great great grandfather who was a well known and recognized chief in the Cretan revolution of 1866.
I would say that the pistol is of European origin, probably of early or mid 18th century. The mechanism is French. It was decorated in Crete. Yatagan has similar decorations. Any comments welcome
Thanks

[Skarts_ss]

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[spiral]

Interesting Piece!

Have you a photo of the lock side & also an angled from butt at lock as well? to show the prominence of the metal work in that area.

They would help us see it more clearly I think!

Spiral

[Skarts_ss]

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[David]

I would also suggest some images that show the entire weapon. While detail shots are extremely helpful, a good overview shot is also a great help.
You should also post more images of the yatagan that actually show the blade. Yu will certainly get more feedback this way.

[Skarts_ss]

Yes thats correct i will post more photos
thank you

[Jim McDougall]

How regrettable that these intriguing and obviously well provenanced items from Crete brought no interest whatsoever!!!

I wanted to bump this thread in case anybody out there has interest in the weapons of Crete

First I would recommend most highly "The Arms of Greece and Her Balkan Neighbors" by Dr. Robert Elgood (2009), as these attractive arms are, like these beautiful Cretan pieces, fascinating.

On that note, also intriguing is the book "The Cretan Dagger" by Nikos Vasilatos, about these distinctive shape hilt daggers

There is so much proud history held in these arms, hopefully some comments on these might come in .

The two images are of one of the daggers and of the foukaria (=silver sheath) of another.

[Skarts_ss]

Here is a small collection of weapons from Crete, that they are housed in a small ethnographic museum in Heraklion....can we consider them as Cretan???