Small Ottoman (?) knife for ID, Bulgarian shepherd's knife?

David R · 30th September 2022, 08:28 AM

I just thought I might as well join in with mine, posted before but on its own thread.

gp · 30th September 2022, 08:42 AM

very nice knives but we must be careful not to mix 3 differnet types I see in this thread :

1. former Yugoslavia ( Bosnian knives)
2. Surmene knives
3. Laz knives or as they are called in Georgia "Babas Khama"
with some pics of the latter

RobT · 30th September 2022, 01:53 PM

Hi gp,

Are you saying that the knife I posted is from the "former Yugoslavia ( Bosnian knives)" and the knife that David R posted is from the "Surmene" area?. What about the pictures from sfenoid13 that Sajen posted?

Sincerely,
RobT

gp · 30th September 2022, 06:00 PM

#5 from Detlef is a Bosnian one…that triggered my attention.

Next I see a few ( very nice) Surmene ones, but also some Laz ones.

And although we recently had an interesting exchange of minds in the forum concerning the Laz yataghans, I recently learned from a professional, who is a specialist on cold weapons from that region, that these Laz daggers shown are actually Georgian ( I compared them with some pics from his collection he showed me).
Being not a specialist on the Caucasian topic, I know not all Laz are Surmene and vise versa. Sorry if my previous post lead to some confusion.

BR

Gunar

30th September 2022, 08:28 AM	#1
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,120	I just thought I might as well join in with mine, posted before but on its own thread. Attached Images

30th September 2022, 08:42 AM	#2
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 830	very nice knives but we must be careful not to mix 3 differnet types I see in this thread : 1. former Yugoslavia ( Bosnian knives) 2. Surmene knives 3. Laz knives or as they are called in Georgia "Babas Khama" with some pics of the latter Attached Images

30th September 2022, 01:53 PM	#3
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 548	Which Is Which? Hi gp, Are you saying that the knife I posted is from the "former Yugoslavia ( Bosnian knives)" and the knife that David R posted is from the "Surmene" area?. What about the pictures from sfenoid13 that Sajen posted? Sincerely, RobT

30th September 2022, 06:00 PM	#4
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 830	#5 from Detlef is a Bosnian one…that triggered my attention. Next I see a few ( very nice) Surmene ones, but also some Laz ones. And although we recently had an interesting exchange of minds in the forum concerning the Laz yataghans, I recently learned from a professional, who is a specialist on cold weapons from that region, that these Laz daggers shown are actually Georgian ( I compared them with some pics from his collection he showed me). Being not a specialist on the Caucasian topic, I know not all Laz are Surmene and vise versa. Sorry if my previous post lead to some confusion. BR Gunar Last edited by gp; 1st October 2022 at 12:21 AM.