Unusual Balkan "Yataghan" for Comments

TVV · 7th July 2012, 04:57 AM

Dom,
No need to apologize at all. Again, thank you and your translator for the help in this thread: without your assistance the inscriptions would simply be a nice piece of caligraphy with no meaning. Now at least we know beyond any doubt that this is a Persian blade, pehaps even intended for use in Persia.

AJ, thank you very much for you input as well. Was the lion stamp reserved for the royal Persian arsenal only, or was it copied on all kinds of blades as a symbol of quality, say, similar to the Gurda markings on many swords?

Charles, I will ask for pictures of the fullering. I am assuming you are mostly interested in the area close to the tip, is this correct?

Regards,
Teodor

CharlesS · 7th July 2012, 01:55 PM

Yes, Theodor.

AJ1356 · 7th July 2012, 02:37 PM

The lion was specifically for the royal armory. there are many quality blades but since they were not made in the royal armoury they do not adorn the lion seal.

TVV · 11th July 2012, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlesS

Yes, Theodor.

Charles,

Here are some pictures of the fulelring near the tip. Is this what you were looking for?

Thank you,
Teodor

7th July 2012, 04:57 AM	#1
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,725	Dom, No need to apologize at all. Again, thank you and your translator for the help in this thread: without your assistance the inscriptions would simply be a nice piece of caligraphy with no meaning. Now at least we know beyond any doubt that this is a Persian blade, pehaps even intended for use in Persia. AJ, thank you very much for you input as well. Was the lion stamp reserved for the royal Persian arsenal only, or was it copied on all kinds of blades as a symbol of quality, say, similar to the Gurda markings on many swords? Charles, I will ask for pictures of the fullering. I am assuming you are mostly interested in the area close to the tip, is this correct? Regards, Teodor

7th July 2012, 01:55 PM	#2
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Yes, Theodor.

7th July 2012, 02:37 PM	#3
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	The lion was specifically for the royal armory. there are many quality blades but since they were not made in the royal armoury they do not adorn the lion seal.