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13th July 2020, 08:20 PM
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What a beautiful blade.
I understand why is your favourite! 
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13th July 2020, 08:48 PM
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She's a beauty Gavin.
What's the handle material; looks interesting. |
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13th July 2020, 08:56 PM
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It's a burl timber. I can't find any literature that specifically identifies the timber types used in sword and knife making 
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13th July 2020, 09:05 PM
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Moreover, trees and bushes over there are largely unknown at the West. Try chinara, saxaul.
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13th July 2020, 10:06 PM
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Incredibly beautiful blade!
This style makes me associate with East Turkestan - knifemakers in modern Uzbekistan do not know how to work. About this wood I was told that this is the burl of Pistachio tree (Latin - Pistacia vera). |
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13th July 2020, 10:46 PM
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Lovely knife, Gavin. The blade almost looks like the end of a (broken) sword with that wide fuller.
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14th July 2020, 12:08 PM
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Pistachio tree... Ariel and yourself have given me much to digest  Quote:
I've attached an image of it with BIG brother. A burl timber hilt is also seen on the Bukhara sabre, to my eye, not as bold a grain and a different timber species. Like big brother, the wide "root" of the blade narrows quickly and turns upwards. Gavin Last edited by Gavin Nugent; 14th July 2020 at 02:14 PM. |
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13th July 2020, 08:58 PM
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