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Tatyana Dianova · 27th May 2009, 09:13 AM

I would like to thank everybody for the comments and especially Dom for his observations and translations!
Jim, Battara and Dom, I also had my doubts concerning the Christian meaning of the fish, that’s why I’ve written ‘Christian’ in the title. But it is simply the first thought that crosses one’s mind when seeing it. And I thought that maybe the Yataghan belonged to a person, who was a hidden Christian…
Dom, do you think that this level of quality still existed on the turn of 20th century? VERY similar blades one may see in Astvazaturian’s book on Turkish Arms, page 153, and all of them date to the very limited period of 1800-1810…

27th May 2009, 09:13 AM	#10
Tatyana Dianova Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 678	I would like to thank everybody for the comments and especially Dom for his observations and translations! Jim, Battara and Dom, I also had my doubts concerning the Christian meaning of the fish, that’s why I’ve written ‘Christian’ in the title. But it is simply the first thought that crosses one’s mind when seeing it. And I thought that maybe the Yataghan belonged to a person, who was a hidden Christian… Dom, do you think that this level of quality still existed on the turn of 20th century? VERY similar blades one may see in Astvazaturian’s book on Turkish Arms, page 153, and all of them date to the very limited period of 1800-1810…