black sea yataghan

ariel · 23rd September 2006, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zifir

And here is another one..

This is the best one.
But, honestly, we are seeing 3 variants of the same picture!
The color one was heavily photoshopped, though.
Trabzon is clearly indicated as the locality.
Laz!

Jeff D · 23rd September 2006, 06:20 AM

Well Done Guys!!

I think we can clearly place the Laz with this weapon.

Jeff

Rivkin · 23rd September 2006, 06:02 PM

The dress and musical instruments are common to Western Georgians and all other Pontic nations, including Greeks; I would guess these can be Greeks, but I would think Laz is a more likely option. Finally, the border between Georgia and Turkey, which separates Laz and Adjari was established in bloody wars, therefore there is really nothing historic about "adjarian/laz" boundaries - the language they speak is similar and belongs to the western georgian family, however Laz are typically identifying themselves as Turks and nothing else, and Ajarians are identifying themselves mostly as "muslim georgians". There are also some "georgian" colonists in Trabzon, who speak mainstream georgian and came there relatively recently, but their dress is quite different.

eftihis · 6th July 2007, 06:29 PM

I have a new nice photo on the subject, a photo of three Pontic Greek guerillas, and one of them has a black sea yataghan.
The problem is that the photo is on a book, i scanned it, but cannot ommit the text arround the photo, so that the photo will be with little enough pixel to post it and be visible.
If someone more technologically advanged can help, i can send him the photo to make it the appropriate size.

Ian · 6th July 2007, 07:03 PM

Eftihis:

You have a PM

Ian.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eftihis

I have a new nice photo on the subject, a photo of three Pontic Greek guerillas, and one of them has a black sea yataghan.
The problem is that the photo is on a book, i scanned it, but cannot ommit the text arround the photo, so that the photo will be with little enough pixel to post it and be visible.
If someone more technologically advanged can help, i can send him the photo to make it the appropriate size.

6th July 2007, 06:29 PM	#4
eftihis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chania Crete Greece Posts: 511	new pfoto I have a new nice photo on the subject, a photo of three Pontic Greek guerillas, and one of them has a black sea yataghan. The problem is that the photo is on a book, i scanned it, but cannot ommit the text arround the photo, so that the photo will be with little enough pixel to post it and be visible. If someone more technologically advanged can help, i can send him the photo to make it the appropriate size.

23rd September 2006, 06:20 AM	#2
Jeff D Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 473	Well Done Guys!! I think we can clearly place the Laz with this weapon. Jeff

23rd September 2006, 06:02 PM	#3
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	The dress and musical instruments are common to Western Georgians and all other Pontic nations, including Greeks; I would guess these can be Greeks, but I would think Laz is a more likely option. Finally, the border between Georgia and Turkey, which separates Laz and Adjari was established in bloody wars, therefore there is really nothing historic about "adjarian/laz" boundaries - the language they speak is similar and belongs to the western georgian family, however Laz are typically identifying themselves as Turks and nothing else, and Ajarians are identifying themselves mostly as "muslim georgians". There are also some "georgian" colonists in Trabzon, who speak mainstream georgian and came there relatively recently, but their dress is quite different.