Yataghan for sale: SCSDOTD

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ruel

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SCSDOTD: Starving College Student's Deal of the Day. (I think my total worth is $120.12 at present, before bills :( .)

Well, through some strange circumstances, this yataghan has been returned to me, but I still need to sell it. It's a nice one, though could use some TLC.

Main thing is that it needs a scabbard. The blade has silver inlaid inscriptions, and the hilt is set with red corals. Handles very nicely, as those at the Catoosa Convention last Sept. will attest. Ca. 1800 I'm told.

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Take it for $250 if you're feeling generous, or if you want to have a model to send to the kamis for a future HI yataghan project. :cool:
 
Well, through some strange circumstances, this yataghan has been returned to me, but I still need to sell it
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So, I guess you could name it the "yet-again yataghan";) :D Sorry I couldn't help myself:o :rolleyes:

Nice looking sword!!:)
 
Rob,

You know, with the New England accent and all, that's pretty close to how it actually sounds...:o :D

I think I'm on linguistics overload. Good thing Spring Break's next week. :cool:
 
At least part of it is the fatihah, I think. Sections of it are the same as sections of the inscription on this keris' mounts:

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(Oh, and if anyone's interested, this can be another SCSDOTD too -- $200...) :confused: :eek:
 
:eek: OH MY GAWD :eek:

That is a beautiful Yataghan!!! Ruel, if I could, I would. As it is, I couldn't afford the $5.00 bill in the photo :) .

Good luck my friend!

Alan
 
The first bit in the cartouge on the Keris sarong is "Allah", I believe.

If anyone is really interested, I can take a shot at this with my fiancee this weekend. We may not be able to tell you what the words mean, but we could give you a phoenetic equivalent. Unfortunately, my Arab buddy has been in the U.S. so long, that he can no longer read Arabic easily.

S.
 
How a picture of the keri's blade?? May attract more interest if you really want/need to part with it. But if you're reluctant to attract serius buying interest, it's very understandable:)
 
Spence,

Yeah, that little medallion in the middle is Allahu akbar 'God is most great' I think.

Firkin,

I used to have pix of the blade, but they got lost in the great Photopoint debacle. The pattern is, I believe, either the kulit semangko 'watermelon skin' or beras wutah 'scattered rice grains' variety. The closest picture I have to it, that would give you an idea of how it looks, is this:

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Thanks Ruel,

The second keri's picture is beautiful. Haven't seen a nice keri in the flesh (metal?) yet, but from some of the pictures I've seen, I can see why people go just as nuts over them as khuks. Yet another bunch of toys to buy if I somehow suddenly become rich...until then, I'll stick to khuks. At least I can rationalize my habit to myself because I can use them. As far as I know keris are used for only one thing, which I hope I never need to do.

I know the keri handles are removable, but how come they seem to be attached at various angles to the blade on different examples??
 
Is this Yataghan still available? If it is, I would appreciate an email at : renesevilla@juno.com. If not, who's got it?

Yeah, the DeathDancer is still around, but I've been having problems posting and signing on at my work email. And as most know, I don't always have the best access at home. However, I have been monitoring the forum, and I know that this year has not been the best for all of us at HI.

However, God has decided that most of us are still here, and for that I am ever so grateful.
 
One reason for the various angles is regional differences. While today things are organized pretty much into their colonial lines eg. Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillipines, etc... Way back when before the colonial powers got stirring in the area (not too far back considering the colonial powers always had problems dealing militarily with the area) there were numerous little kingdoms/sultanates.

However the other reason while most keris have varying angles is precisely because the hilt is removable. The keris is a weapon of ergonomics, and to be properly used and held the hilt has to be properly angled for the user. ALa the whole rotating of the hilt till the handle properly fits your hand. Of course this is only dealing with keris, and not my favourite kris :D

And dont get me started on the things I would buy if I was rich :D:p Definitely there would be a shortage of many different odd pointy thingies for a while, and for that reason I have decided not to be rich and allow my fellow collectors the chance to obtain odd shaped pointy things :p ;) :D
 
Thanks Federico,

I suspected discussion on this would draw you out.
Besides their damascene beauty and mystique, the well-evolved ergonomics you mention certainly contributes to the atractiveness, at least to me. Just like khukuris.

Functional form executed with artistry can't help but be beautiful.
 
DeathDancer,

Sent ya and email. The yataghan is GTF(lorida). I'm still hoping that we get an HI yataghan one day; after all, the Gorkha's had them, as #332 in this picture shows:

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I've never really gotten the bit about the rotating keris hilts. Seems to me that if it can turn, the blade's not secure, and if the blade's not secure, it can pop off during a fight. Not the best thing to have happen in a fight! :eek: Incidentally, most of the keris I've bought seem to have their hilts glued down.
 
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