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TVV · 26th June 2013, 05:55 PM

I believe we have discussed knives similar to the one in the eBay listing. I may stand corrected on this, but they look like North African and relatively recent to me, so I very much doubt the Uyghur attribution.

The modern examples you have posted are similar to modern examples from Uzbekistan. This makes perfect sense and one could guess that Uyghur knives were likely not very different than the knives of other Turkic groups to the West of them in Central Asia. Searching for "pichok" (derived from bicag, or knife in Turkish) will probably produce some results.

Regards,
Teodor

26th June 2013, 05:55 PM	#2
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,659	I believe we have discussed knives similar to the one in the eBay listing. I may stand corrected on this, but they look like North African and relatively recent to me, so I very much doubt the Uyghur attribution. The modern examples you have posted are similar to modern examples from Uzbekistan. This makes perfect sense and one could guess that Uyghur knives were likely not very different than the knives of other Turkic groups to the West of them in Central Asia. Searching for "pichok" (derived from bicag, or knife in Turkish) will probably produce some results. Regards, Teodor