Early Yataghan for Comments and Discussion

[gp]

Thank you very much ! Благодаря много! for your fair comment and most interesting questions ...

which, to be honest... I do not have an answer to but like the exchange of minds on this issue as for one there is a very valid point raised and secondly even the literature in and from both the Balkans and Turkey ( how interesting they are ) do not always give conclusive answers.

Nevertheless I find this contribution and pics of yours and your friend's and others most interesting

[gp]

Perhaps a small contribution….

Found some topics containing “ turkish ribbon” in this forum from quite some years ago

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20828

https://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=168074

And a youtube vid, although Zeybek, it mentions the ribbon as well


https://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=168074

An interesting item is the difference width’s of the yataghans pictures placed by TVV:
Some do look like the “standard” yataghan, whilst others seem to have a bigger “belly” close to the point.

I have no idea why or what the advantage or purpose of that would be for the weapon:
Does any of you know…?