Hello All!
I have finally got a very good quality Uzbek pichok. It is definately a using piece, the quality is great! The blade is either carbon steel, that was chrome plated or stainless steel. (I can't tell which one it is) The blade is well made either way and was hand forged, as well as the whole knife being hand made. On the blade and handle there is some sort of odd script, maybe someone can translate it. There are 12 small glass 'jewels' on the handle. What I find odd about this is that the sheath does no swallow it up to the top of the pommel, and does not have a belt loop of any sort. (perhaps it had a frog at some time or another) It is not that old I would say anywhere from the 1991 break up of the USSR to the present, would this estimate be correct or not? Any comments or information on translation would be much appreciated.
