Central Asian Knives

[harrywagner]

Any central Asian knife fans here? I have a small collection of Uighur, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan knives that I am rather fond of. The Uighur knives especially. I’ve attached a few photos. I got hooked after buying a large knife (the one with "Otkur" on the blade) that almost looked like a Bowie knife. There were differences though and the most troubling was that it had both Chinese and Arabic on the blade. I had to find out more. A web search turned up this trip report, which really got me hooked:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...93-trip-report

I am amazed at how few collectors have even heard of the Uighur people, much less own one of their amazing knives. I have come to the conclusion that they are the knife world’s best kept secret. Comments welcome and appreciated.

Best regards,
Harry