Yataghans

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by Miguel

From it`s condition externaly and from the wooden liners I believe it to be old
Miguel

If you have a better picture of the scabbard mounts I would like to see them. Here is another yatagan that is extremely similar to yours.

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by estcrh

If you have a better picture of the scabbard mounts I would like to see them. Here is another yatagan that is extremely similar to yours.

I will try and take some better photos of the fittings for you but you may have to wait a day or two as I will have to retrieve it from its storage box in the loft but it wont be any problem. Your Yataghans and scabbard do look very similar and it will be interest to compare the scabbard fittings. I hope the photos will be good enough as I think you know I am pretty hopeless with the camera anyway I will do my best.
Regards
Miguel

[Miguel]

Hi estcrh,

Photos as promised hope they are OK for your purpose. Miguel

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by Miguel

Hi estcrh,

Photos as promised hope they are OK for your purpose. Miguel

Thanks Miquel, so it looks like the pattern is made from strips of metal crossing over each other that have been applied on top of the throat and chape, is this correct?

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by estcrh

Thanks Miquel, so it looks like the pattern is made from strips of metal crossing over each other that have been applied on top of the throat and chape, is this correct?

Its a pleasure, Yes you are perfectly correct. I had not noticed this before your query so I checked. The throat piece is a slightly loose due to shrinking leather and wood so I slipped it partly off the scabbard to look and feel inside which was perfectly smooth and free of any impressions in the metal. Well spotted. Is it appropriate to ask why you wanted this info?
Regards
Miguel

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by Miguel

Its a pleasure, Yes you are perfectly correct. I had not noticed this before your query so I checked. The throat piece is a slightly loose due to shrinking leather and wood so I slipped it partly off the scabbard to look and feel inside which was perfectly smooth and free of any impressions in the metal. Well spotted. Is it appropriate to ask why you wanted this info?
Regards
Miguel

This is not a technique I have seen on a yatagan scabbard before, the chape and the throat have different designs, and this method of applying crossing metal strips to the scabbard must have been difficult to do, it is just unusual, maybe another one like it will turn up.

[ariel]

The last pic suggests that the "strips" we're not applied to flat metal ( no trace of welding or other similar technique). Rather, they were hammered out from the other side of the sheet metal, then it was bent and formed into a scabbard fitting.