Interesting Salawar Yataghan For Comment

Lew · 24th March 2006, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valjhun

Small ones are known as choora.

This one is not a choora or pesh due to wide blade profile. Pesh and choora have a narrow tapered profile this blade has belly to it for slashing a nice mix of both styles of weapons.

Lew

Valjhun · 24th March 2006, 04:44 PM

Yes, sure. Thatone is a kyber, I know the difference. and it is certainly not a mix. It is a distinctive type of two predominantly types of khyber knife. The longer ones come with small pommel and the smaller khybers (precisely thatone) has a wide pommel.

not2sharp · 25th March 2006, 01:34 PM

This is the knife from post 1. It has a 12-inch blade and is 16-inches in OAL.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

This one is not a choora or pesh due to wide blade profile. Pesh and choora have a narrow tapered profile this blade has belly to it for slashing a nice mix of both styles of weapons.

Lew

This is an oversized chorra from the Oriental Arms site. It has a 16 inch blade, with a T-spine, but is much more of a piercing weapon.

n2s

Lew · 27th March 2006, 10:28 PM

Hi All

I picked up the knife today. It's very well made and still quite sharp! I emailed the website posted above to see if they can discover who this Mr. Sellers is. I should have an answer in a few weeks.

Lew

ariel · 27th March 2006, 10:54 PM

Sometime ago, I posted a question about 2 different pommels on Khybers: the usual( semicircular top) and the one we see on Lew's new acqusition ( looking like a little boot).
Razmak is on the border between Mahsud and Waziristan. Since the usual pommel type is Mahsudi, could we derive from that that the boot-like one is more Waziri?

24th March 2006, 04:44 PM	#2
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	Yes, sure. Thatone is a kyber, I know the difference. and it is certainly not a mix. It is a distinctive type of two predominantly types of khyber knife. The longer ones come with small pommel and the smaller khybers (precisely thatone) has a wide pommel.

27th March 2006, 10:28 PM	#4
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Hi All I picked up the knife today. It's very well made and still quite sharp! I emailed the website posted above to see if they can discover who this Mr. Sellers is. I should have an answer in a few weeks. Lew

27th March 2006, 10:54 PM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Sometime ago, I posted a question about 2 different pommels on Khybers: the usual( semicircular top) and the one we see on Lew's new acqusition ( looking like a little boot). Razmak is on the border between Mahsud and Waziristan. Since the usual pommel type is Mahsudi, could we derive from that that the boot-like one is more Waziri?