Late 16 C Kilij / Pala blade for discussion

[Dom]

Originally Posted by rand

Here is a known 16th century example from Topkapi....

for me ...
the problem of Topkapi identification for what ever they show in display,
is subject at a lot of suspicions

when you see for instance;
- the wooden stick from Moïse, used by him to create miracles ...
- the wooden soup ban from Ibrahim (Abraham)

I doubt about their ability or their volontary to be correct ...

again 2 days ago (I still yet be in Istanbul) visited the Topkapi for the 4th time,
I was perplexed front to some identifications

à +

Dom