Ottoman trousse

gp · 20th June 2020, 07:10 PM

just cutlery, no weapons though...

there are also quite a lot on the market of the Bosniaken ( i.e. 1882-1916 period as described by me previously)

as for the Arab writing on the examples posted below by Kubur Effendi :
a neat knife but simple: normally a gentleman's knife would be more fanciful ( caligraphic).
I believe this set to be made either by a local bladesmith (from the countryside?) trying his best with an excellent result considering his skills on cold weapons (excellent} but on the art limit of decorating rather limited ... or someone trying to add something to just an average set, regardless if they belong to the scabbard...

some more nice trousse examples to look at :
https://fi.pinterest.com/alpbamsi/ot...trousse-knife/

20th June 2020, 07:10 PM	#12
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 823	just cutlery, no weapons though... there are also quite a lot on the market of the Bosniaken ( i.e. 1882-1916 period as described by me previously) as for the Arab writing on the examples posted below by Kubur Effendi : a neat knife but simple: normally a gentleman's knife would be more fanciful ( caligraphic). I believe this set to be made either by a local bladesmith (from the countryside?) trying his best with an excellent result considering his skills on cold weapons (excellent} but on the art limit of decorating rather limited ... or someone trying to add something to just an average set, regardless if they belong to the scabbard... some more nice trousse examples to look at : https://fi.pinterest.com/alpbamsi/ot...trousse-knife/ Last edited by gp; 20th June 2020 at 11:31 PM.