Plas help id this Yataghan

Dom · 5th July 2009, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ariel

It really cannot be 1960 Gregorian. Also, i would be VERY surprised if it were dated 1128H. I, just like Artzi, see 1280H

I just retrancript, and difficult for me to argument,
because I'm not arab native

but my translator, her ... she IS without contestation

... nevertheless

- without to denied the beauty of that yatagan, it's looks relatively recent

- well know that the East countries are over flooding the international market with copies, some times from very good black-smith or blade-smith

- they may honestly signed and dated their production ... why not

any way, I'm extremely reserved when it's matter of date, even and specially when that one it's mentionned some where,
when the blade is in "Joar" the sentence is clear,
the other are just a speculation at my point of view

what is mentionned in above, it's not "THE TRUTH", just my true

à +

Dom

Hotspur · 5th July 2009, 05:39 AM

I know of a similar one with horn grips and a less fancy grip divider but with tat same knurled circle mark.

Pictures, a few. Afaik, still on the market.

Cheers

Hotspur; I have a small ear white grip from roughly 1800 that has the ya ali mark on which I have seen several

5th July 2009, 05:39 AM	#2
Hotspur Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nipmuc USA Posts: 523	I know of a similar one with horn grips and a less fancy grip divider but with tat same knurled circle mark. Pictures, a few. Afaik, still on the market. Cheers Hotspur; I have a small ear white grip from roughly 1800 that has the ya ali mark on which I have seen several Attached Images