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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
Yours is smaller because was intended for a child. The size of the hilt should have tipped you off as it is way too small for an adult man's hand.
You don't put Koranic talismanic verses in gold on the blade of a butter knife!  |
While it is a possibility I have never seen a photo or drawing of a child with such a knife, in addition the blade is long in relation to the hilt, maybe so as not to get in the way, you can still cut with it easily enough. Was butter popular in the Ottoman empire?