MY NEW BICHAQ

[carlos]

THIS IS MY LAST ADQUISITION, A BEATIFUL BICHAQ, , WITH TOTAL LENGHT 16.2 INCH. , AND WIT A INSCRIPTION WITHNTHE DATE 1868 SEEMS.
I HOPE YOU LIKE !!
CARLOS

[Battara]

Muy Bien, Carlos! Congratulations! Looks like coin silver mounts, though lighting could be a factor. Would you show closeups of the blade?

[katana]

Could this be Turkish? Very nice Carlos ;)

[ariel]

Ottoman for sure.
Balkan, most likely.

[carlos]

MORE PICTURES...

[Battara]

I agree with Ariel completely.

[ariel]

In the book by Dora Boskovic "Zbirka yatagana u Hrvatskom Muzeju u Zagrebu" ( Yataghan collection in the Croatian Museum in Zagreb) there are quite a lot of yataghans with brass/bronze ears of identical configuration. Likely, all come from Bosnia and Serbia ( Croatia as such was not conrtolled by the Ottomans).
The author most often cited in the book is Marija Sercer. Together with the author and Astvatsaturyan this is a powerful female trio of weapon historians.
Latent male chauvinists can just bite theit collective tongue :D :D

[eftihis]

Hallo Carlos et all, the date is 1806, not 1866!
The dagger is for sure balkan, it can be Greek from Epirus but i cannot say that for sure. I am posting photos of a similar dagger, made obviously by the same maker, although this is made with niello work, and there is gold leaf in some pasts. The date is the same!

[Battara]

Efthis, you also have a nice piece, appears to be brass and silver with niello.

You and Ariel have been very helpful, thank you.

[carlos]

THANKS EVERYBODY BY THE ANSWERS!! THIS LAST DAGGER IS VERY VERY SIMILAR THAN MINE.
REGARDS
CARLOS