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sfenoid13
26th June 2019, 02:22 AM
Is this a common wootz pattern for Yatagans? The date on it indicates to be from 1799. Where was this kind of Damascus blade made at the time ? Any ideas ?
Also I couldn’t read the last word in the inscriptions, can anybody help with that? Is it “sahibi Abdi bashi”??
Thanks

AJ1356
26th June 2019, 03:36 AM
It is not wootz, it is pattern welded steel. Can't help you with where it was made. It read, Amal e Mohammad (work of Mohammad), Saahib 'Abdi Baashi (owner 'Abdi Baashi)...

sfenoid13
26th June 2019, 04:57 AM
It is not wootz, it is pattern welded steel. Can't help you with where it was made. It read, Amal e Mohammad (work of Mohammad), Saahib 'Abdi Baashi (owner 'Abdi Baashi)...
Thank you.

Kubur
26th June 2019, 09:44 AM
Hi

I have a yataghan with the same steel and from the Balkans.

Baashi is it Bashi Bazouk??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashi-bazouk

Kubur

sfenoid13
26th June 2019, 06:26 PM
Hi

I have a yataghan with the same steel and from the Balkans.

Baashi is it Bashi Bazouk??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashi-bazouk

Kubur
I know what “Baashi-bozuuk” means but when the “Baashi” used by itself it doesn’t mean anything, it simply makes no sense. I tried to look it up and it looks like it’s a common Somalian or African surname but could t figure out why it could mean alone. In Turkish by itself it means “head” but doesn’t have a use next to guy’s name like it is used here.
Can we see what your Yatagan looks like ?