[onyxx]

Greetings,

I just got a yatagan as a gift from my whifes relative (antiques collector). He believes that the origin of the yatagan is serbian or monte-negrinian and gave it to me because of the fact that I come from that area of the world. He explained the facts of why he thought that it was from that area and explained that the turks decorated there yatagans differently and had turk or arabic inscriptions and so on (he also had two turkish yatagans and showed the difference). He also said that the turks did not have the black in the lower guard (forgot what the black is, and I think that is what the only guard is called). He could not say more about the weapon. I apeal to you on the forum to help out with possible identification of the yatagans origin and other facts. This is my first antique sword (or antique anything for that mater) so I appologise for any ignorance.