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Originally Posted by Kubur
Hi
To my own knowledge and opinion, your flyssa is not so special.
You have two main types of long flyssa:
- the long "dart" one that can reaches up to 1m long
- the "yatagan" type, massive, between 50 to 80cm
Yours belongs to the second type.
Like Manuel I believe the second type was influenced by Ottoman yatagan.
Yours is really beautiful due to the decorations on the blade with large incised panels and cooper inlays. The medaillon is not a coat-of-arms. The handle is not really nice, a close photo will show us if the wooden grip was originally covered with cooper/bronze.
Best,
Kubur
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I do not think that it is been covered with brass, no visible mark
Although it lacks a piece of the handle
It is very heavy 850 grams