art-of-swords:

Yataghan Sword

  • Dated: 1812 
  • Place of Origin: Balkans
  • Medium: steel, silver
  • Measurements: overall length 28.5 inches (725mm); blade length 23 inches (585mm)

The sword has a decorated silver hilt and silver bolster straps. The hilt has ornate silver decorative studs covering the securing pins. The blade is forged from high quality Turkish Ribbon Damascus with silver inlay along both sides. One side has a very ornate Tughra with the Islamic date 1227 contained within it (1812 A.D.). The other inscriptions reveal the maker, “Fahledi”, to be “Ahmed” and the owner to be “Haji Yusaf” (on the spine of the blade).

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its-a-bandits-secret:

The History of Middle-earth Fëanor & Nerdanel 

While still in early youth Fëanor wedded Nerdanel, a maiden of the Noldor; at which many wondered, for she was not among the fairest of her people. But she was strong, and free of mind, and filled with the desire of knowledge. In her youth she loved to wander far from the dwellings of the Noldor, either beside the long shores of the Sea or in the hills; and thus she and Fëanor had met and were companions in many journeys.

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