Old Rivals - for your viewing pleasure

[munk]

Thanks Mr Clifton, I was wondering how tough the tarwar is. If I ever get a sword that is the one. Do you have one?


munk

 

[spence]

No fullered Kobras, Kmark. Already tried that route.

S.

 

[Hibuke]

BTW, Can a tarwar chop like a Khukuri without breaking?

Yeah, when I saw that Military guy (is it Saryet?) with his Tarwar, I'm seriously thinking about getting one!

I was wondering how good the Tarwar would be. As a weapon, sure, I have no doubt as to it's functionality, but how would it perform as an all-round "Swiss-Army" Khuk?

 

[not2sharp]

I have had the fullered yatagan showned at the begining of this thread for over ten years. This afternoon I am showing it to the wife, and I hand it to her, and as I am standing a few feet away the light hits the piece at just the right angle.

Well it turns out the piece is marked. Perhaps I removed some of the ancient gunk that was covering this part of the knife when I lightly oiled it yesterday morning for the photo.

This is what I found this afternoon. Can anyone make anything out here?

n2s

 

[spence]

Originally posted by not2sharp
I have had the fullered yatagan showned at the begining of this thread for over ten years. This afternoon I am showing it to the wife, and I hand it to her, and as I am standing a few feet away the light hits the piece at just the right angle.

Well it turns out the piece is marked. Perhaps I removed some of the ancient gunk that was covering this part of the knife when I lightly oiled it yesterday morning for the photo.

This is what I found this afternoon. Can anyone make anything out here?

n2s

I see the characters, N2S. Looks like the text might start with an " 'ayn". Can you mess with the pic to make it more legible? If so, then Manoucher or myself (with help from the little lady) could probably give you a translation.

 

[not2sharp]

Let's see if this works better. The markings are very faint and hard to capture on a photo.

The top picture shows the left side, the bottom picture the right side, and I have left an overlap to help you align them.

n2s

 

[not2sharp]

Sorry I cannot read the rest it is almost impossible. But my educated guess
Amal Mohammad Ali Al Ghiad or
Amal Mohammad Ali Al Fiad

Regards,

Manoucher

Thanks for the help. Whew! that was a close one; it might have said MADE IN TAIWAN.

n2s

 

[akabu]

Not2 can you do a carbon rubbing?

 

[not2sharp]

Not2 can you do a carbon rubbing?

I may try that, but the markings are very faint, so tranferring them is iffy.

n2s

This might be a little better.

 

[Bill Martino]

Good stuff and somebody is going to be able to read it but not me.