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Pichok.
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Esav Benyamin
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Very nice. I like the sheath too.
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very interesting piece with an incredibly nice sheath
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It looks like the Bukharan style, but with a very different arrangement of fasteners, two pins pins forward and two Kindjal style bolts farther back, instead of the three or five pins you usually see on a pichok. I really like this. The grind and finish are impeccable. Also a truly nice sheath. Great leatherwork!
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Very nice. I was not aware of that variation. Most of what I know is just from reading the Ethnographic Weapons forum, and a few I have seen at antique dealers at knife shows. It seems like there are variations wherever there have been Turkic people's, from the Uzbeks in the east to the Balkans in the west. I particularly like the ones that have a slight concave curve on the back with a sharpened false edge.
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This area has entered into the Russian oecumene long time ago, I've been there, many Russian lived there for centuries, so this type of knife long entrenched in our culture.
http://rusknife.com/topic/9185-...;-бухары/
http://rusknife.com/topic/9185-...;-бухары/
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Now there are some beautiful old knives. Thanks for the link. The fifth knife down that has a sheath with a chain attached and a two piece bone or ivory slab handle is the type I was talking about. It really appeals to me, maybe because it's so different from what I am used to. Elegant curves and natural materials while still looking very practical.