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					Originally Posted by Nagawarrior
					
				 
				Do tell.  Googled this and nothing came up except a reference to animal sacrifice.      
			
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 Sorry, only just saw this. In Elgood's latest he discusses (without illustrating) the Bosnian kurban noz- a decorative-yet-functional butcher's knife used for slitting a sheep's throat for Eid. 
A highly speculative suggestion on my part, but I thought it worth a punt.