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Old 17th December 2020, 06:19 AM   #1
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Default Restored Balkan Yataghan That Needs Translation

Greetings folks!

I got this yataghan in horrible condition (but I could afford it for the first time) to replace the one that was stolen from me years ago.

Here are pictures of the original condition:
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Old 17th December 2020, 06:24 AM   #2
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Here are pictures of my restoration attempt. Lots of hard work and the learning curve was a sheer cliff! I had to teach myself how to do Turkish silver filigree (which is not on Youtube nor is anyone teaching it ). It was a lot of trial and error (more error) and I had to create my own techniques. I also restored the wood scabbard top and the leather with velvet. Finally I had to re-inlay the missing brass on both sides of the blade and I had to do a little grinding and polishing to get rid of the areas of the blade that were beaten up. This took me 8 months.
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Old 17th December 2020, 06:26 AM   #3
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These are the main sections (circled in yellow) that I made from scratch:
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Old 17th December 2020, 06:31 AM   #5
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Finally here is the inscription that needs to be translated.

Yes the blade is laminiated. And yes that is a tugra, but of which sultan?
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Absolutely amazing work! Congratulations!
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