Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Bou-saâdi knife

Emanuel · 11th February 2007, 10:54 PM

I would be very interesting if these weapons were indeed crafted with specific dexterity in mind. Would people then visit the smith and have a custom-made knife to fit them, or would they get whatever was available/ready-made? To me it just seems like an excessive trouble to got through to fit low-end utilitarian knives to people's hands. But then that's my present conception, and things could certainly have been different in the right context. Whatever the explanation David and all, you now really make me desire one of these knives...they're quite beautiful
Emanuel

11th February 2007, 10:54 PM	#12
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	I would be very interesting if these weapons were indeed crafted with specific dexterity in mind. Would people then visit the smith and have a custom-made knife to fit them, or would they get whatever was available/ready-made? To me it just seems like an excessive trouble to got through to fit low-end utilitarian knives to people's hands. But then that's my present conception, and things could certainly have been different in the right context. Whatever the explanation David and all, you now really make me desire one of these knives...they're quite beautiful Emanuel