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Originally Posted by OsobistGB
Nice yatagan!Presumably made in Bosnia.
Belosapce handjar is a translation of Serbo-Croatian and is not called that way anywhere in the world.(the literal translation is a dagger with a white handle) 
Are you able to measure the length? |
small addition: in the former Yu(goslavia) you had several names for cold weapons:
cakija - knife ( sometimes also called noz)
kama - dagger
handschar or like you wrote hanjar - small sword but also used for a yataghan.
to add to the confussion: a yataghan they also later called jatagan
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...&postcount=301
see post # 62 and next
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...har#post270932
also post # 24 & 25
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=kama