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Emanuel · 30th October 2006, 05:07 PM

Hello,
Ariel posted a similar yataghan a while ago http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=flyssa

Such occurances were mentioned by Camille Lacoste-Dujardin in "Sabre Kabyles, Etude des Flissa du Musée de l'Homme", Journal de la Société des Africanistes, XXVIII, 1958. Particularly, she observes that imported Ottoman yataghan blades were re-fitted in Algiers and Oran with local Kabyle scabbards. Some yataghan blades were even forged locally by smiths who had travelled and worked in the empire.

This makes me wonder...by the time Kabyles were importing classical yataghan blades, they were using their own scabbards...so why would they possess an indigenous scabbard form if not for an indigenous sword?

Jim and Ham, could you provide Ottoman carvings similar to those on this sword or some reference concerning them?

Regards,
Emanuel

30th October 2006, 05:07 PM	#10
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Hello, Ariel posted a similar yataghan a while ago http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=flyssa Such occurances were mentioned by Camille Lacoste-Dujardin in "Sabre Kabyles, Etude des Flissa du Musée de l'Homme", Journal de la Société des Africanistes, XXVIII, 1958. Particularly, she observes that imported Ottoman yataghan blades were re-fitted in Algiers and Oran with local Kabyle scabbards. Some yataghan blades were even forged locally by smiths who had travelled and worked in the empire. This makes me wonder...by the time Kabyles were importing classical yataghan blades, they were using their own scabbards...so why would they possess an indigenous scabbard form if not for an indigenous sword? Jim and Ham, could you provide Ottoman carvings similar to those on this sword or some reference concerning them? Regards, Emanuel