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ipostswords · 2nd September 2019, 11:59 PM

So I got this zeybek yatagan with its distinctive T shaped hilt, a nice twist core blade and some silver inlay, and what I thought was a wooden hilt in the photos turned out to be horn.

Is there any way to identify the species it came from?

2nd September 2019, 11:59 PM	#1
ipostswords Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 6	Identifying horn species on a yatagan hilt So I got this zeybek yatagan with its distinctive T shaped hilt, a nice twist core blade and some silver inlay, and what I thought was a wooden hilt in the photos turned out to be horn. Is there any way to identify the species it came from? Attached Images