#yataghan

[baebeylik]

Yataghan sword. Ottoman Empire. 1800s to 1900s CE.

Benaki Museum, Athens.

[handfulsofhistory]

Black Sea Yataghan or Laz Bichaq

[cutecuttlefish]

The sword of the day is the yataghan.

This is a Turkish sword, used from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries. Blades ranged in size from long knife to short saber, but all featured a distinctive forward curve. Also, in contrast to most other Ottoman and Arabian sabers, the yataghan typically does not feature a guard. Perhaps the most striking feature of the blade, though, is the pommel. Though not all yataghans had it, the pommel had a distinctive pair of wings or ears that flared out to either side of the weapon. These served to keep the blade securely in the wielder’s hand while swinging it.

[ashmakesstuffaus]

"A beautiful sword once owned by the legendary Assassin mentor, Ezio Auditore da Firenze."

Earlier this year, I decided to make a prop every week as Ubisoft celebrated 15 years of the Assassin's Creed franchise. This is a beautiful Assassin Yataghan, wielded by the Mentor Ezio Auditore da Firenze in Assassin's Creed Revelations.

Progress pictures can be found on my Instagram post here

[awallofswords]

A fine English mounted yataghan, first quarter of the 19th century, Balkan blade 24 in., of typical forward curving form and inlaid in silver with panels of scrolling decoration involving script, the shoulder covered with a silver repoussé plate; English 'Mameluke' style hilt of gilt brass and ivory, quillons and langets richly embossed with oak leaves, grip strap formed of leaf chevrons with a beaded medial line, ivory pistol grips secured with flower head rivets; black leather scabbard with gilt brass locket and chape - each encircled by a band of leaf chevrons, the outer faces engraved with elegant botanical forms against a textured ground, the locket with two loose rings having reeded edges and Greek key decoration to each side, inner face of locket with cutler's particulars engraved within a seeded border "Salter Sword Cutler & Jeweller to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex 35 Strand LONDON".

John Salter, who occupied 35 Strand between 1801 and 1824, is notable as having been both cutler and jeweller to Admiral Lord Nelson, and to a limited number of other naval officers including Edward Pellew; and as having been cutler to Lloyd's Patriotic Fund.

The blade is dated 1220 AH (CE 1st April 1805 - 21st March 1806) and carries a pious invocation to Hasan and Husain, key martyrs in Shi'ite hagiography who died at the battle of Karbala in 680 AD. Their names appear on many Balkan arms. The silver inlay work can be attributed to Shkodra, Montenegro and southern Bosnia. There is a similar blade in the Wallace Collection.

Source: Woolley & Walli Auction house

[lord-bajromi]

[victoriansword]

Marey Sabre uncovered : Marey-Monge’s forgotten yet influential sword designs

Identifying the first known example of a sabre designed by Marey-Monge.

[offense-is-the-best-defence]

The ‘If It Ain’t Pretty I Ain’t Using It’ Squad

India, Persia, Turkey