My first flyssa

[Emanuel]

Originally Posted by FenrisWolf

Now I have to find another one, and another, and another....

Hahaha when I'll be rich, I'll make sure to cover a whole wall with flyssa's my favourite sword - though I've yet to own one.

David, I think this is a full flyssa, on account of the grip and bolster, very unlike the yataghan and very much like regular flyssa - it has the rivets, the camel head and the peculiar tang/bolster construction. I can see how the blade could be seen as a yataghan, it does have that forward curve...the more I think abou these, the more I am prepared to lay down arms and say that the flyssa is derived from Ottoman sources (both yataghan and the thin Circassian sabres).

Regards,
Emanuel