Unusual Balkan "Yataghan" for Comments

TVV · 6th July 2012, 05:14 AM

Dom,

Thank you very much. Why do you think the maker was Armenian? The name Zarif certainly sounds Arabic in origin. The Shiite attribution makes perfect sense, as the blade looks Persian made to me based on the shape, the wootz and the lion stamp. I wonder on the inscription was placed at the base for the originally intended owner, or if such inscriptions were standard on Persian made blades.

Thank you again,
Teodor

6th July 2012, 05:14 AM	#7
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,725	Dom, Thank you very much. Why do you think the maker was Armenian? The name Zarif certainly sounds Arabic in origin. The Shiite attribution makes perfect sense, as the blade looks Persian made to me based on the shape, the wootz and the lion stamp. I wonder on the inscription was placed at the base for the originally intended owner, or if such inscriptions were standard on Persian made blades. Thank you again, Teodor