Sarajevo knife and fork.

gp · 1st June 2020, 08:20 PM

Proof that most of these smaller knives from a later date were made for non combat reasons but rather ceremonial, domestic or touristic use by the K.u.K. officers corps is for instance this original cutlery set box from 1889

gp · 1st June 2020, 08:34 PM

seperate from the cutlery box, I have seen several times an original set containing one single knive ( smal bichaq) with one fork and sometimes one spoon being wrapped in a leather cloth.
This being pure functional : for picknick or field lunches by the officers in Bosnia, Hercegowina and Sandzjak.
Rarely one sees a luxery version like the enclosed set in a scabbard.
This is also an early set as it lacks the year BUT has Sarajevo written in Arabic Turkish caligraphic letters next to Sarajevo in Latin writing, which one does not see at all in later sets { i.e. from the late 188-ies}

gp · 15th January 2021, 10:22 PM

just new in my collection 4 sets: bone, brass and steel, nickel plated

white bone: length 20,3 cm, forks 19 cm
green bone: length 21,3 cm, forks 20,8 cm

gp · 20th February 2021, 11:44 AM

some better pics on the 2 green sets after cleaning the dirt and a little corrosion

I did not notice before & when buying them, nor was it anyway to be seen on the sellers advert an issue I found remarkable and never did see with any "cutlery"sets before is that the maker went very much into detail of copying a yataghan :
the fork having 2 and knife having 3 nails at the top back of the ears / wings

any one in the forum seen or having a similar set with these 2 and 3 nails ?

1st June 2020, 08:20 PM	#1
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 823	Proof that most of these smaller knives from a later date were made for non combat reasons but rather ceremonial, domestic or touristic use by the K.u.K. officers corps is for instance this original cutlery set box from 1889 Attached Images Last edited by gp; 1st June 2020 at 08:44 PM.

1st June 2020, 08:34 PM	#2
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 823	seperate from the cutlery box, I have seen several times an original set containing one single knive ( smal bichaq) with one fork and sometimes one spoon being wrapped in a leather cloth. This being pure functional : for picknick or field lunches by the officers in Bosnia, Hercegowina and Sandzjak. Rarely one sees a luxery version like the enclosed set in a scabbard. This is also an early set as it lacks the year BUT has Sarajevo written in Arabic Turkish caligraphic letters next to Sarajevo in Latin writing, which one does not see at all in later sets { i.e. from the late 188-ies} Attached Images Last edited by gp; 1st June 2020 at 10:24 PM.

15th January 2021, 10:22 PM	#3
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 823	just new in my collection 4 sets: bone, brass and steel, nickel plated white bone: length 20,3 cm, forks 19 cm green bone: length 21,3 cm, forks 20,8 cm Attached Images

20th February 2021, 11:44 AM	#4
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 823	some better pics on the 2 green sets after cleaning the dirt and a little corrosion I did not notice before & when buying them, nor was it anyway to be seen on the sellers advert an issue I found remarkable and never did see with any "cutlery"sets before is that the maker went very much into detail of copying a yataghan : the fork having 2 and knife having 3 nails at the top back of the ears / wings any one in the forum seen or having a similar set with these 2 and 3 nails ? Attached Images Last edited by gp; 20th February 2021 at 12:05 PM.