Questions about Jatagan blade

Dom · 2nd April 2010, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TVV

I cannot help with the inscription - hopefully Zifir, who is the resident expert on Turkish script, and who is always very nice and willing to help, will come across this thread.

Hi
you are correct Theodor,
because at evidence, it's not wrote in arabic

and I cannot be helpful

à +

Dom

tom hyle · 2nd April 2010, 03:20 PM

The large round mark seems to be hotstruck, while the rest seems to have been engraved cold? This is reminiscent of Mexican fighting machetes and bowies, where the maker's mark is struck hot with a stamp, and the illustrations and mottos are engraved.

2nd April 2010, 03:20 PM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	The large round mark seems to be hotstruck, while the rest seems to have been engraved cold? This is reminiscent of Mexican fighting machetes and bowies, where the maker's mark is struck hot with a stamp, and the illustrations and mottos are engraved.