Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - My First Yataghan

Rafngard · 2nd November 2022, 11:18 PM

Hello All,

I splurged a bit bought myself an early birthday present.
I think this can be called a Balkan belosapce handjar (or yataghan/yatagan/handyar/handschar, etc.). It's outside my normal area of collecting, but I've wanted one for decades, and I found one I could in my price range, so I pulled the trigger.

I think this is might be from the mid-19th century, but that's a bit of a guess based on the carved decoration looking similar to these three in the Croatian History Museum catalogue:
http://jatagani.hismus.hr/webe/hld/Listici/b000101h.htm
http://jatagani.hismus.hr/webe/hld/Listici/b000209h.htm
http://jatagani.hismus.hr/webe/hld/Listici/b000116h.htm

I'd love to see a translation of the inscription and hear anything and everything people have to say on this.

Have fun,
Leif

2nd November 2022, 11:18 PM	#1
Rafngard Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Minneapolis,MN Posts: 326	My First Yataghan - Translation request Hello All, I splurged a bit bought myself an early birthday present. I think this can be called a Balkan belosapce handjar (or yataghan/yatagan/handyar/handschar, etc.). It's outside my normal area of collecting, but I've wanted one for decades, and I found one I could in my price range, so I pulled the trigger. I think this is might be from the mid-19th century, but that's a bit of a guess based on the carved decoration looking similar to these three in the Croatian History Museum catalogue: http://jatagani.hismus.hr/webe/hld/Listici/b000101h.htm http://jatagani.hismus.hr/webe/hld/Listici/b000209h.htm http://jatagani.hismus.hr/webe/hld/Listici/b000116h.htm I'd love to see a translation of the inscription and hear anything and everything people have to say on this. Have fun, Leif Attached Images