Turkish (?) Bichaq (?)

[Dom]

Originally Posted by ariel

Most of the knives are of bazaar quality, but some are very good. Yours is the best I've seen; the blade sounds to be superb and even the scabbard is made of real leather (some plastic atrocity is usually used instead).

Hi
I confirm that on field, it's only low grade knifes are offering for trade
even if some blacksmith try to continue the tradition,
I was very disappointed by the knifes quality,
and the scabbards are made with an horrible plastic
not very glorious all that, unfortunately ...

some more pic's about these 2 Uzbeki Pichok,
and also for the blacksmith and his workshop at "Bukhara"
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=Uzbekistan

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Dom