Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Comments, please on Turkish Knife, made from a file

katana · 24th June 2006, 07:52 PM

When I first saw this knife I was thinking 'Flysa, North Africa with Arabic influences (silver work).
Now I've got the knife I'm not so sure it is North African at all. I can see why Tim saw P.I. as a possible source, I thought the silver work had similar designs to some of the Dha's I've seen on this forum. But the file blade !!! have knives from Africa been found to made from files. Obviously the Africans are very adept to using what they have available, but, I mean, for the better quality weapons would they have used a file?

If the knife is North African, can I assume that the silver work would only be found with a 'quality' knife?

24th June 2006, 07:52 PM	#11
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	When I first saw this knife I was thinking 'Flysa, North Africa with Arabic influences (silver work). Now I've got the knife I'm not so sure it is North African at all. I can see why Tim saw P.I. as a possible source, I thought the silver work had similar designs to some of the Dha's I've seen on this forum. But the file blade !!! have knives from Africa been found to made from files. Obviously the Africans are very adept to using what they have available, but, I mean, for the better quality weapons would they have used a file? If the knife is North African, can I assume that the silver work would only be found with a 'quality' knife?