greek cretan knife for info

francantolin · 21st November 2020, 08:35 AM

I just found this,
1900 20 lepta coins maybe/sure for make these knives and daggers

Didn't cost nothing... but there is absolutely all , + and - on ebay...

Duccio · 21st November 2020, 05:35 PM

This is a photo of the interior of one of the many cutlery shops in Chania, Crete. On the shelf, on the left, you can see numerous modern Cretan knives, sold as souvenirs: some are very bad (plastic handles ...,) others very well made, with better materials.The coins that always accompany these knives are mostly reproductions , but it cannot be excluded that there are also originals. On the top right of the shelf, note a series of WWII helmets (Italian and German, I would say), as well as swords, sabers and bayonets. The Cretans are still very proud of their tenacious resistance against the Axis troops, a resistance in which Cretan knives play a not secondary role ....

21st November 2020, 08:35 AM	#1
francantolin Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 905	I just found this, 1900 20 lepta coins maybe/sure for make these knives and daggers Didn't cost nothing... but there is absolutely all , + and - on ebay... Attached Images

21st November 2020, 05:35 PM	#2
Duccio Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Florence, Italy Posts: 64	This is a photo of the interior of one of the many cutlery shops in Chania, Crete. On the shelf, on the left, you can see numerous modern Cretan knives, sold as souvenirs: some are very bad (plastic handles ...,) others very well made, with better materials.The coins that always accompany these knives are mostly reproductions , but it cannot be excluded that there are also originals. On the top right of the shelf, note a series of WWII helmets (Italian and German, I would say), as well as swords, sabers and bayonets. The Cretans are still very proud of their tenacious resistance against the Axis troops, a resistance in which Cretan knives play a not secondary role .... Attached Images