Khuks ()

[Coupchoux]

http://user.rol.ru/~knives/ethnic.htm

 

[hollowdweller]

Good looking knives but expensive for what they are!

 

[BruiseLeee]

I can't read da rooski.

 

[Dave Rishar]

I think he's referring to the "600USD" part.

 

[Daniel Koster]

to read russian...throw all the english alphabet in a bag, shake it up and then throw it in the air. Grab the letters nearest to you, put them together - there's your word.




Just kiddin' - to any/all russian cantina friends.....please don't hurt me


:footinmou




oh....and nice khuk!

 

[BruiseLeee]

I think he's referring to the "600USD" part.

I thought that was Russian for knife.

 

[Dave Rishar]

I thought that was Russian for knife.

Or English for "beyond my means."

 

[mross]

From what I can tell from the photo's they look like wootz or probably more
correct bulat. If that's the case I'd say the price is not bad at all. I'll try and
get my wife to translate.

 

[Coupchoux]

Can help a little.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

 

[bismark77]

It's not jsut the English alphabet Dan, Saint Cyril modified Greek, Hebrew, and Latin letters to come up with his alphabet. I think the modern Cyrilic alphabet is one of the most beauitful around (second only to Arabic)

 

[cosco]

Unfortunately, St. Cyril was not author of Cyrilic alphabet. He developed another alphabet from small greek letters called Glagolic. See this picture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Glagolica.gif

This alphabet is older than Cyrilic. It is also more beautiful, but more difficult as well. Cyrilic became used in Bulgaria and then in Russia and other countries. It was named according st. Cyril as a hommage to him. Disciples of st. Cyril and Methodius had to escape from Great Moravia after the death of St. Methodius.

I know it, because it is a part of the history of my country.

Cheers!

cosco

 

[munk]

I'm just an ignoramious who enjoys pretty letters.


Maybe theres a good science fiction idea in there somewhere; most the 'alien' lettering on the "spaceships' on TV and in the movies look like a hogpodge of Russian and others...

So a spaceship really does land someday, and has the Cyrilic lettering on the sides. That would give Putkin a bump in international relations.

munk

 

[cosco]

cosco

 

[samoand]

Wholy s@#t, look at those prices! If that Safronov guy gets any sales, UB should start delivering upscale pieces to Russia.

 

[BruiseLeee]

I notice that they don't come with any torture knives.

 

[John Powell]

Gents, look at picture E5 on that site you will see a kukri that if original is very rare indeed. I cannot read any of what is written and hope that they are selling it as an antique. If any of you have translated it, please let me know. It is a knife I have discussed in detail and was made for one of the Gurkha Regiments (probably the 4th or 5th) during the second Afghan War 1878-1880. The complete scabbards are even rarer, but if this is the real thing it's worth getting.

 

[Bill Marsh]

Гарда алюминиевый сплав.

And that is ALL I have to say about these толщина клинка у рукояти!

But I do like the Затыльник. if only it was okir. Well, you can't have everything.

 

[BruiseLeee]

Я люблю fancy вещь перевода. Она делает мной чывство literate в много языков. Я чувствую настолько франтовским.



几个词为我的中国朋友。



I feel so... multicultural.

 

[Yvsa]

Go to their home page and check out their other pages. They've got some mighty beautiful knives there!!!!

 

[Esav Benyamin]

You want alphabets? Check Omniglot for alphabets.

John Powell, are you asking about "#E-5. Нож в стиле кхукри." -- the picture you posted doesn't look like the knife they show. The Russian says "Knife in the style of a khukri."