This is an old Ottoman sword. I wish I had had time to use a tripod and get more DOF, but I shouldn't have been taking time out from work to do even this much :-). I hope it's OK, but I decided to switch the original view of the sword I had posted with this one after comments I received from several people, including my husband, who I think was a bit offended I didn't go with his favorite! This is the view that I had previously posted http://www.pbase.com/image/32311616. I liked the detail of the engraving (or whatever you call it) on the blade.