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Originally Posted by fennec
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Hi Mate!
I came across the khodmi with the bone handle by the German ebay and after I received it and was very pleased with it after a little bit care and I thought that it's a good idea to start this thread and hoped you would join in!
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Originally Posted by fennec
About the handle.. NO, that wire is clearly, originally, a way to avoid the blade from "rolling", because it has usually only one pin. For the oldest models, even the pin, isnt really one, but more like a metal sheet bend into an "S". You can note by this picture. Probably the second pin was added when the wire was damaged, or initally just by "security".
Why only one pin ? I think its because the lack of mmaterial.. most of those knives where made with ancient files (under colonisation era I mean, before probably local made steel). The thicker part of that piece (see those kind of triangle or round files, that goes thinner and thinner), is used to make the bolster, and the longer one is forged for the blade. It wont let you a lot of steel to make a tang... usually only a small "nail" that was insert in a wood handle for the file. Once flatten, and thicken, it is not very long. I only see that reason, and more generally the "economy" of steel.
I've talked about that in my book, and hopefully have this picture of a very old one (probably late 1, (battle one, not to cut vegies.. note the thickness of the spine). I've made lately another wire, but its very ugly and have to replace it one day...
You can not the black surface where was the initial wire, as for Yuri model.
I have some others in the exact same mount, just no picture here but I'll share soon !
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You're correct, the knives with wooden handles seem to have only one rivet so far I can tell. I have seen over the years some khodmi where the wire binding got lost. But the ones with bone and horn handles often have two or three rivets like the one from Yuri or some of the very nice ones you have shown. There seems to be not a general norm when the handles are not from wood!?
Sadly I never saved pictures and never bought ones where the wire got lost so I only can tell from remembering and the shown here examples.
Best regards,
Detlef