What type of knife is that?

[buendia]

I found it some time ago on internet and I like the design very much. I think it`s a replica of some historical knife, but I`m not sure. What do you think?

Here is the link: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/georgix/bwr.jpg

Sorry for bad quality - I enlarged the picture.

[Yannis]

It reminds me Bosnian knife.

[TVV]

Tome it looks similar to a "pichangeti" knife from South Western India, here is a picture from Artzi's archive of sold items

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/items/93/001593/ph-0.jpg

Here is also a Bosnian knife I have for reference

http://www.boinaslava.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10005/bichaq01.JPG

[Ferguson]

Interesting. Take the hilt of a Turkish Kilij, and the blade of an Uzbek Pichok and it would look a lot like your knife. I looked all through Stone's and searched the forum and couldn't find anything just like it.

Steve

[buendia]

Bernard Levine from Identification Forum (bladeforums.com) told me that it can be a modern version of a classical Greek machaira. I have made a search and there are similarities between hilts - look here: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b102/georgix/machairabizantico.jpg

- the blade pattern is different though.