Leslie Blanch in her book "Sabres of Paradise" quotes native Caucasians that the true purpose of Kindjal was to slash and not to stab. Her local informers told her that stabbing was an un-gentlemanly
way of fighting and that a "stabber" was viewed with derision. Are we seeing an extreme illustration ? After all, it was just as easy to restore the point, and the fullers would "run off" anyway.