yatagan for id please

Emanuel · 16th April 2014, 02:07 PM

I was hoping you'd chime in on this, Sancar. I was looking through your thread on contemporary Turkish bladesmiths to see if something similar came up.

Skarts_ss · 18th April 2014, 08:54 PM

Hi,
i think that this yatagan comes from Trebizold area(Pontos) in the black sea. I would say that it is of late 19th or early 20th century . It seems christian.

Sancar · 21st April 2014, 12:23 PM

This is not a Black Sea yatağan, or a recently made more Turkish reproduction. The rivet and inlay decoration reminds me of Central Asian knives. Shape of ears and hilt is similar to Caucasian region wooden hilted shashkas. So I think this might be a rehilted Khyber knife or a modern "yatağan" made by an Afgani or Northen Uzbek bladesmith who usually make Khyber knife type blades.

16th April 2014, 02:07 PM	#1
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	I was hoping you'd chime in on this, Sancar. I was looking through your thread on contemporary Turkish bladesmiths to see if something similar came up.

18th April 2014, 08:54 PM	#2
Skarts_ss Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47	Hi, i think that this yatagan comes from Trebizold area(Pontos) in the black sea. I would say that it is of late 19th or early 20th century . It seems christian.

21st April 2014, 12:23 PM	#3
Sancar Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 79	This is not a Black Sea yatağan, or a recently made more Turkish reproduction. The rivet and inlay decoration reminds me of Central Asian knives. Shape of ears and hilt is similar to Caucasian region wooden hilted shashkas. So I think this might be a rehilted Khyber knife or a modern "yatağan" made by an Afgani or Northen Uzbek bladesmith who usually make Khyber knife type blades.