Yatagan origin identification

Battara · 30th August 2006, 07:52 PM

How can I become part of the family?

onyxx · 30th August 2006, 08:46 PM

TTV, thanx for the reply. No there are no inscriptions or gravings on the blade and yes the black I am refering to is the one between the ears.

Battara, my whife still has a unmaried younger brother

nechesh · 30th August 2006, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by onyxx

Battara, my whife still has a unmaried younger brother

Go for it Jose!

Valjhun · 31st August 2006, 10:56 AM

I agree that it is from Balkans. Big white bone ears talks toward that option. As the colour of the hilt itself is not a 100% identificator of provenience is that the majority of white hilted yatagans come form Balkans.

Nice piece made in the first half of the 19th century. Looking at the koftgari I would say that it is not a Bosnia/Montenegro/Serbia piece, as koftgari is not typical for the area.

onyxx · 31st August 2006, 01:18 PM

Valjhun: Thanks for the reply, but I have a couple of questions.

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Nice piece made in the first half of the 19th century.

How can you tell that?

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Looking at the koftgari I would say that it is not a Bosnia/Montenegro/Serbia piece, as koftgari is not typical for the area.

So you would guess that it is a Bulgarian or Macedonian yatagan?

Battara · 31st August 2006, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by nechesh

Go for it Jose!

Uh....er....well.....how about adoption?

By the way, the black between the ears (there is a joke in there somewhere

) is oxidation which may be patina on steel or tarnish on silver (though I think the latter is less likely).

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onyxx Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	TTV, thanx for the reply. No there are no inscriptions or gravings on the blade and yes the black I am refering to is the one between the ears. Battara, my whife still has a unmaried younger brother

31st August 2006, 10:56 AM	#4
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	I agree that it is from Balkans. Big white bone ears talks toward that option. As the colour of the hilt itself is not a 100% identificator of provenience is that the majority of white hilted yatagans come form Balkans. Nice piece made in the first half of the 19th century. Looking at the koftgari I would say that it is not a Bosnia/Montenegro/Serbia piece, as koftgari is not typical for the area.