Help identifying a blade

delor · 23rd February 2011, 10:18 PM

Some closer photos of the stamps.
I've been said that the first guard stamp is for small silver work in Paris, from 1762 to 1768.

Jim McDougall · 24th February 2011, 02:50 AM

Great development on this thread, and good to see all the elements coming together. Gav's astute eye really caught those stamps in the havy motif on the hilt, and the hallmarks seem to work right into the right period, though I would have thought more toward Napoleonic. Still, the French attraction to using these pandour units, which as mentioned on the European Armoury thread, would concur nicely as the yataghan type blade melded with European fashion mounts were commonly used.
As noted, Ottoman blades would have been highly favored, though it is known some yataghan style blades were produced in forged steel by European makers.

23rd February 2011, 10:18 PM	#1
delor Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Marseille - France Posts: 73	Some closer photos of the stamps. I've been said that the first guard stamp is for small silver work in Paris, from 1762 to 1768. Attached Images

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24th February 2011, 02:50 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,670	Great development on this thread, and good to see all the elements coming together. Gav's astute eye really caught those stamps in the havy motif on the hilt, and the hallmarks seem to work right into the right period, though I would have thought more toward Napoleonic. Still, the French attraction to using these pandour units, which as mentioned on the European Armoury thread, would concur nicely as the yataghan type blade melded with European fashion mounts were commonly used. As noted, Ottoman blades would have been highly favored, though it is known some yataghan style blades were produced in forged steel by European makers.