Persian Sword and please to tell me

Yannis · 16th June 2005, 09:26 AM

Oswin

Sossun Pata is a sword from India. Exactly the type you have in the second picture that I believe is a scan from a book.

Yataghan is an Ottoman sword. It is what you have in the most pictures minus the hilt. The inscription is with Arabic alphabet that it was used in Turkey before 1920. The blade is typical yataghan blade of mid 19th century. I suppose that the person who fixed the new hilt on it had no idea how the yataghan hilt looks or he wanted to have something unique.

The third sword looks like from China or Indochina but there are more experts here to say. I hope that this helps.

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16th June 2005, 09:26 AM	#7
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	Oswin Sossun Pata is a sword from India. Exactly the type you have in the second picture that I believe is a scan from a book. Yataghan is an Ottoman sword. It is what you have in the most pictures minus the hilt. The inscription is with Arabic alphabet that it was used in Turkey before 1920. The blade is typical yataghan blade of mid 19th century. I suppose that the person who fixed the new hilt on it had no idea how the yataghan hilt looks or he wanted to have something unique. The third sword looks like from China or Indochina but there are more experts here to say. I hope that this helps.