new yataghan in my collection

[gp]

Most happy to got my Sinterklaas present !
FYI: where I live we do not have Santaclaus, but celebrate St Nicolas at 5 December...☺☺☺

not a fancy one, but just simple yataghan, black horn grip with a copper decoration on it, neither stones nor coral pieces.
Lenght: 79 cm, blade 62 cm
The inscription was quite dirty and looked to have disappeared through the ages...
But fortunately not: I just started to carefully clean it and the first result I can present already. Will show the "clean"and restored yataghan once I am finished with it.
Any of you have a similar simple one? as I am very curious to see more of these "simple"ones

[gp]

hereby the inscription as was and cleaned

[Sajen]

Hi Gunar,

A really nice sword! How is the balance? My guess is that the "simple" ones are the real fighters, so the balance will be a good one.
Congrats to a nice addition to your collection!

Regards,
Detlef

[gp]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hi Gunar,

A really nice sword! How is the balance? My guess is that the "simple" ones are the real fighters, so the balance will be a good one.
Congrats to a nice addition to your collection!

Regards,
Detlef

Thnx Detlef!

The balance is excellent as you guessed and indeed my thoughts were also it to be a fighter one, not for official or ceremonial purposes:

not to heavy, lovely nice fitting in the hand and an easy swing around for either defending as attacking purposes.
Much nicer in that respect compared to the “ fancy” ones.
Hope other members have the same experience if they have a similar one

[Pertinax]

Hi Gunar,
I bought this simple yataghan a long time ago for little money. I like its simplicity and that's why I keep it in my collection.

The handle was repaired during use.

Work of Osman, owner Mahmud Pasha - 1212 (from 26.6.1797 to 14.6.1798 according to the Gregorian calendar).

Technical specifications: total length 72.5 cm; blade length 54.5 cm; blade width at the heel 2.9 cm; thickness at the heel 0.6 cm.

Best regards,
Yuri

[TVV]

Good job on the cleaning. What chemicals and process did you use to clean the silver inscription?

[gp]

Originally Posted by TVV

Good job on the cleaning. What chemicals and process did you use to clean the silver inscription?

thank you very much. Just a piece of rubber gum one uses for erasing pencil writing.
That mostly does the trick; it do it with all my yataghans.
In this case I only used the gum 5 minutes and the result you can see clearly

Additional I do use some vaseline to loosen the "black" between the letters ;

if it is dirt, the vaseline will loosen it and after a couple of hours or the next day, you can rub it off easily with cotton wool or a piece of cloth.
This does not have a negative impact on the gold and blade
It also leaves a very thin protective layer. Also on the metal decoration between the bone or ivory grip, I use vaseline first as it mostly works there as well.

If it is still too dirty, I use a little acetone as third option, also for the bichaqs. Both silver and gold inscriptions and afterwards with some oil for protection

[gp]

double, sorry...

[gp]

Originally Posted by Pertinax

Hi Gunar,
I bought this simple yataghan a long time ago for little money. I like its simplicity and that's why I keep it in my collection.

The handle was repaired during use.

Work of Osman, owner Mahmud Pasha - 1212 (from 26.6.1797 to 14.6.1798 according to the Gregorian calendar).

Technical specifications: total length 72.5 cm; blade length 54.5 cm; blade width at the heel 2.9 cm; thickness at the heel 0.6 cm.

Best regards,
Yuri

A very nice one indeed ! and for its age in very good condition. A good piece for any collection.
Handles are often broken, specially when the yataghan has been used in battle. Mine have also been through the wars and some do miss a piece of the ear....

A few drops of oil ( olive oil or oil from any nut ) on your grip would make it look more pretty as it looks a little dry. Apologies for being a little obnoxious here

[gp]

Originally Posted by gp

A few drops of oil ( olive oil or oil from any nut ) on your grip would make it look more pretty as it looks a little dry. Apologies for being a little obnoxious here

last 4 pics shows cleaned by just using some oilive oil ( virgin ).
and also here; natural product which has no negative impact on the horn / bone and also copper. I also use it on the leather of the scabbard/sheat

[Pertinax]

A few drops of oil ( olive oil or oil from any nut ) on your grip would make it look more pretty as it looks a little dry. Apologies for being a little obnoxious here[/QUOTE]


Thank you very much for the advice

[gp]

Enclosed some more pics of the cleaned yataghan