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26th November 2012, 07:42 PM
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Big walrus ivory eared hilts are attributed to Bosna and the Western Balkans. I am not sure the blade was taken from a kildj/pala. To me it looks much more like a nimcha blade, as in nimcha meaning a half sword. My guess would be that someone wanted a yataghan hilted cutlass, possibly for naval use.
Regards, Teodor |
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27th November 2012, 04:00 AM
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Martin,
I was able to find a similar example in the yataghan catalogue of the Zagreb Museum: I am posting a quick photo of the relevant page. You can probably understand most of the description in Croatian: it really does not provide any interesting info. Regards, Teodor |
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