Khyber Knife or Churra

ASingh · 16th October 2015, 06:27 PM

Hi, I have attached pictures of two similar Afghan style weapons. They are from Bihar in India. I was wondering if the smaller of the two is what is called a Pesh Kabz, or both are Afghan Churras of different sizes.
Thanks,
ASingh

BANDOOK · 17th October 2015, 07:20 AM

GREETINGS A.SINGH
The Khyber knife, or short sword, is also called “Charay”, “Churra”, and sometimes “Salawar Yatagan”, ...which is much longer like a sword
yours is the shorter churra
Regards Rajesh

mahratt · 17th October 2015, 08:03 AM

Both items - Khyber knife, which some people call in Afghanistan "Churra".

Gavin Nugent · 17th October 2015, 02:01 PM

Can anyone please fully translate the script on the forte shown?

With thanks

Gavin

ASingh · 17th October 2015, 04:19 PM

Translation from the Devanagari script: Shrimaan Raja Chandreshwar Prasad Narain Singh Bahadur Raj Maksudpur

Jim McDougall · 18th October 2015, 05:31 AM

I must admit this is the first time I have seen Devanagari on one of these!
Thoughts on this?

AJ1356 · 18th October 2015, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mahratt

Both items - Khyber knife, which some people call in Afghanistan "Churra".

Churra is an Indian word, no one in Afganistan calls it that.
I would call the smaller one a pesh qabz and the larger one Khyber.

mahratt · 18th October 2015, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AJ1356

Churra is an Indian word, no one in Afganistan calls it that.

It's not quite right, my friend. Waziristan - this is part of Afghanistan? I think no one will argue with this statement? Here are the data dictionary Waziri-English.

estcrh · 18th October 2015, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by AJ1356

I would call the smaller one a pesh qabz and the larger one Khyber.

Pesh are recurved, karud is the straight version. To me the small one looks like a khyber.

mahratt · 18th October 2015, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by estcrh

Pesh are recurved, karud is the straight version. To me the small one looks like a khyber.

Of course you're right. Pesh are recurved, karud is the straight version. Here we see a small Khyber knife.

16th October 2015, 06:27 PM	#1
ASingh Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: India Posts: 10	Khyber Knife or Churra Hi, I have attached pictures of two similar Afghan style weapons. They are from Bihar in India. I was wondering if the smaller of the two is what is called a Pesh Kabz, or both are Afghan Churras of different sizes. Thanks, ASingh Attached Images

17th October 2015, 07:20 AM	#2
BANDOOK Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND Posts: 624	GREETINGS A.SINGH The Khyber knife, or short sword, is also called “Charay”, “Churra”, and sometimes “Salawar Yatagan”, ...which is much longer like a sword yours is the shorter churra Regards Rajesh

17th October 2015, 08:03 AM	#3
mahratt Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Russia Posts: 1,042	Both items - Khyber knife, which some people call in Afghanistan "Churra".

17th October 2015, 02:01 PM	#4
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Can anyone please fully translate the script on the forte shown? With thanks Gavin

17th October 2015, 04:19 PM	#5
ASingh Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: India Posts: 10	Translation from the Devanagari script: Shrimaan Raja Chandreshwar Prasad Narain Singh Bahadur Raj Maksudpur

18th October 2015, 05:31 AM	#6
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,770	I must admit this is the first time I have seen Devanagari on one of these! Thoughts on this?