Rat Tail with maker's marks - is it usual ?

fernando · 20th October 2006, 08:20 PM

Thank you, Nagawarrior, for those quick and clarifying pictures.
I am also learning myself. Your piece shows me that, after all, there is a marking habit in these pistols. I don't beleive that all those symbols in your pistol are just decorations, specially the ones in the last picture. Maybe they are not wording letters, just characterized symbols, but still identification marks, basically those of the maker.
Naturally a better judgement would be wellcome, hoping there are members in the Forum more deeply envolved in this area.
Thanks again
fernando

Nagawarrior · 21st October 2006, 09:53 PM

Here are some pictures of the other Ottoman pistol of mine. This one is very high quality. It also exhibits the same marks, once again showing the marking "habit" seen on the others. I also see "characterized symbols" again. Still hoping someone out there wil be able to educate us regarding these pistols.

fernando · 26th October 2006, 10:56 PM

Sorry Nagawarrior, only now i have read your post. I am very pleased to see someone caring for this kind of details on firearms. I love this theme, and your pictures are very exciting for me, as hopefully for other members in here. Soon i will post some ethno specimens of my little old firearms collection (?).
Kind regards
fernando

FenrisWolf · 28th January 2007, 03:40 AM

What's the more desirable item from a colector's standpoint as far as scarcity, the Turkish pistol with the knob pommel, or the Albanian Rat Tail pommel?

fernando · 28th January 2007, 08:45 PM

If the question were on the design point of view, i would say that i personally find the Albanian rat tail one of the most elegant pistols that existed.
fernando

20th October 2006, 08:20 PM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thank you, Nagawarrior, for those quick and clarifying pictures. I am also learning myself. Your piece shows me that, after all, there is a marking habit in these pistols. I don't beleive that all those symbols in your pistol are just decorations, specially the ones in the last picture. Maybe they are not wording letters, just characterized symbols, but still identification marks, basically those of the maker. Naturally a better judgement would be wellcome, hoping there are members in the Forum more deeply envolved in this area. Thanks again fernando

21st October 2006, 09:53 PM	#2
Nagawarrior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Inland Empire, Southern California USA Posts: 160	Here are some pictures of the other Ottoman pistol of mine. This one is very high quality. It also exhibits the same marks, once again showing the marking "habit" seen on the others. I also see "characterized symbols" again. Still hoping someone out there wil be able to educate us regarding these pistols.

26th October 2006, 10:56 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Sorry Nagawarrior, only now i have read your post. I am very pleased to see someone caring for this kind of details on firearms. I love this theme, and your pictures are very exciting for me, as hopefully for other members in here. Soon i will post some ethno specimens of my little old firearms collection (?). Kind regards fernando

28th January 2007, 03:40 AM	#4
FenrisWolf Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 181	What's the more desirable item from a colector's standpoint as far as scarcity, the Turkish pistol with the knob pommel, or the Albanian Rat Tail pommel?

28th January 2007, 08:45 PM	#5
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	If the question were on the design point of view, i would say that i personally find the Albanian rat tail one of the most elegant pistols that existed. fernando