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Bought this very nice set of cutlery to go in my camp equipment. The knife looks quite substantial almost a dagger. Just thought they looked good and might be old.
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another set :
- knife made from bone ( typical Bosnian from Sarajevo) - fork made from mountain goat / chamois remarkable is that it is the first time I ever did see a square handle on a Sarajevo Bosnian knife. As for diminsions ( all in cm ) total lenght knife 31,7 blade 18,5 handle 13,7 copper connection 3 total lenght fork 31 blade 18 handle 11 copper connection 2 Last edited by gp; 9th May 2020 at 06:45 PM. |
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some additional pics on the square handle knife Last edited by gp; 23rd May 2020 at 11:59 AM. |
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total length 11,5 cm spoon handle; 7,5 cm spoon part: 4 cm width : handle : 0,9 cm connection handle2spoon: 0,4 cm spoon widest: 2 cm |
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and a 3rd set from Sarajevo Bosnia
Knife 32 cm Fork 33 cm |
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request for advice: I just received this set ( although I knew about the lacking piece of horn on the knife ) was wondering what to do?
Normally from an authentic / original perspective 2 options can be applied: 1. leave as is 2. add a replacement piece in such a way that a clear difference can be seen between original and authentic piece versus addition. This is done f.i. with historic seals or old books or jewelry. Henceforth looking forward to your experience and advice being the new kid on the block... THNX a lot |
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If you can get the handle off it will be easy to form another spacer from bone and when polished will fit in very well.
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![]() never thought they would come bigger, but just stumbled on this set knife 39 cm Fork 35 cm with 2 sets, at least I can invite Detlef for a BABI PANGANG now :-))) Last edited by gp; 13th August 2022 at 08:50 PM. |
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latest set I was happy to find :
knife & fork with a grip / handle I never have seen before neither bichaqs or other knife / dagger types from Bosnia yet it has all the characteristic ornaments:the combination of the below 3 - circular / rings with three copper wheel-like pieces in them - metal, iron rivets on top - bone grip need to clean them ( green copper oxidation on the bone) when they arrive. Any of you seen these grips before ? BR Gunar |
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What is the meaning of the green color in the bone pieces?
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Just something different, possibly made to imitate the color of a mineral, like malachite.
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my guess is contamination by the copper rings due to bad storagein a humid place, but I can give a better reply once I have received them and cleaned / restored them.
I have seen it with some bichaqs of my collections before. The green ones are complete green and do not show this kind of deterioration; they look like the above ones or the attached one Folks handle swords with care, daggers also but the smaller items get often less care, specially these kind of cutlery. Please bear with me....and I answer when I'll get them Last edited by gp; 31st March 2023 at 02:26 AM. |
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my latest purchase, just received , is this set and is most beautiful and best intact of my collection with regards to the golden decoration and writting being almost untouched.
One question remains: what is written in Arabic writting? As certainly "Sarajevo" it is not: - the S is missing - also the combination of other letters in caligraphic do not make sense - no similarities with previous or other knives and bichaqs from my collection or I might be missing something...any advise is more than welcome! Last edited by gp; 19th April 2023 at 08:26 PM. |
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