yataghan but confused of origin and date

[ariel]

Originally Posted by mavi1970

thanks for your quick response, so the long and short of it is, i bought a reproduction, hacked together sword. hmmm well i will see what the item looks like when i get it. so any residual value of this item is quite low.

I am sorry if my note depressed you: I did not mean it.
The blade is real, no doubt at all. Many truly old swords had their parts fixed, modified, replaced etc in the course of their rather eventful lives.
The main drift of my note was to draw attention to a rather new (for me, at least!) phenomenon: a possible existence of a Bulgarian "antique fixing shops". Apparently, it was a known fact....
Overall, you did not overpay much (if at all), and should be very content with your acquisition. Even if you got screwed by an unscrupulous seller.... well... I do not think there is a single Forumite here who never had this miserable experience.
Join the club, in all senses of the word!
And, welcome to the Forum!