Gold hilted yataghan

erlikhan · 15th December 2004, 11:49 PM

Amazing. Had you seen my naval yataghan's pictures in the previous forum?
http://www.pbase.com/erlikhan/yataghan . Yours is too similar in all aspects.
It was told to me as being officialy ordered to workshops and manufactured to present to the highest rank naval officers. It is highest grade silver, and it had to be so, to be able to create the magnificent work without tearing the silver sheet. And it doesn't have any tughra. Market productions which were produced for civilian customers were stamped with "tughra" sign, which was mint stamped officialy just to approve the degree of the silver after testing them. That was the way to convince customers and gain their trust. Official orders never carry "tughra", as the government didn't need to convince its officers or ministers that they were not cheated by the government itself normally.

15th December 2004, 11:49 PM	#13
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	Amazing. Had you seen my naval yataghan's pictures in the previous forum? http://www.pbase.com/erlikhan/yataghan . Yours is too similar in all aspects. It was told to me as being officialy ordered to workshops and manufactured to present to the highest rank naval officers. It is highest grade silver, and it had to be so, to be able to create the magnificent work without tearing the silver sheet. And it doesn't have any tughra. Market productions which were produced for civilian customers were stamped with "tughra" sign, which was mint stamped officialy just to approve the degree of the silver after testing them. That was the way to convince customers and gain their trust. Official orders never carry "tughra", as the government didn't need to convince its officers or ministers that they were not cheated by the government itself normally.