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agree with Teodor; the first is typical Greek but with a repurposed blade ( originally from a yataghan) and also Marcus correctly stated the handle / grip is too small for a yataghan.
Mostly the Greek bichaqs have this handle/ grip size. The second one /Marcus'is indeed 100% Bosnian. Both 2 very nice examples but a pity no further contributions to this thread... |
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First “bichak” doesent necesary need to be from yatagan, there were shorter yatagan knives like that one, engravings on it are too close to hasrma to be of a yatagan, and sweeping of the blade sugest it is a knife not reshaped yatagan, it is probably from algere region not greek.
Also scabard has nothing to do with balkan, why everyone put things in balkan with that ease. |
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Second is bosnian post austrian ocupation 1878 bichak, when yatagan smiths were baned to produce weapons like yatagans, they started to produce those bichaks knives, for every day use and like souveneers.
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