Help in terminology in other languages

mrwizard · 22nd November 2010, 05:17 PM

And here another opinion on the german terms

Handle - for tools "Griff" is more common, "Heft" is more common for weapons

tang - sorry, sajen but i never heard the term "Griffzapfen" before. Where i live (about 100km from you

) "Angel" or "Erl" is used

bevel - "Fase" is correct but IMHO "Anschliff" or "Schliff" is more commonly used.

There has been a similar effort on a german knife forum.
I don't have the allowance to post the pictures here, so i will just link to the relevant posts:

german and english terms for blades
http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=69730

german and english terms for knifes with fixed blades
http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=2723

german and japanese terms for cooking knifes:
http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=71115

Best Regards,
Thilo

22nd November 2010, 05:17 PM	#3
mrwizard Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 102	And here another opinion on the german terms Handle - for tools "Griff" is more common, "Heft" is more common for weapons tang - sorry, sajen but i never heard the term "Griffzapfen" before. Where i live (about 100km from you ) "Angel" or "Erl" is used bevel - "Fase" is correct but IMHO "Anschliff" or "Schliff" is more commonly used. There has been a similar effort on a german knife forum. I don't have the allowance to post the pictures here, so i will just link to the relevant posts: german and english terms for blades http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=69730 german and english terms for knifes with fixed blades http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=2723 german and japanese terms for cooking knifes: http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=71115 Best Regards, Thilo