Old Ottoman daggers

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by Battara

Here is an Ottoman jambiya from Turkey proper that I once owned (stolen a few years ago ).

Thank you Battara, beautiful, what a pity that it was stolen.

Originally Posted by Kurt

Kubur ,
http://turcica.museum-kassel.de/0/0/...0/katalog.html
Here you can find what you are looking for.
Kurt

Thank you Kurt, the Germans are so well organised!

Here is a small drawing with blades sections.
You can see that the older blades were very thick with groves or panelled inside.
Even if these blades were sharp, their main function was to stab.
You can see that later the recessed panels disappeared for a single raised panel who finally disappeared for a single central ridge as you can see on the 20th c. jambiya.
IMHO