some more bichaqs to compare:
2 pictures from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1 of a Montengrin gent from 1912 displayung his armor
one film on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpBGyoMCkcY
an older contribution to the forum:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12722
and some pics of a Montenegrin bichaq
the more one sees and also checks the Balkan literature, it clearly looks like the piece from our well respected Bulgarian forum member, sadly the scabbard does not belong to the bichaq and the combination of 2 different items was sold as one set.
This is not oncommon as of my 38 bichaqs and several kamas, this also took place with a few and with items on sale still does if one carefully examines these pieces. Never that type of hilt is matched with that scabbard. That hilt grip is always found on the wooden with cupper covered scabbard