Turkish knife

Aurangzeb · 13th September 2005, 02:04 AM

Hello All!

I bought another Turkish tuorist knife.

For the price it was as cheap as chips! The odd thing is that it slightly resembles the old Ottoman military issue knife. It is of good quality for a tourist knife . The materials are even similer being brass and both are carved with similer patterns. It is even about the same size as the origenl. Does anyone else see this resemblence, or is it my mind playing tricks on me?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Mark....

Battara · 13th September 2005, 09:38 PM

As far as your mind "playing tricks" on you is concerned, I'll leave that between you and your psychiatrist.

As far as the resemblence is concerned, I noticed that too when I first saw this on eBay. I wonder if someone took the parts of a military Ottoman jambiya and "modified" it.

Aurangzeb · 14th September 2005, 12:18 AM

Hello Battara!

My psychiatrist says I am "fairly" normal.

At least i am not the only one who saw the similarity, If the steel blade was replaced with a brass one and the hilt drilled with holes and glass insewrts put in, his seems plausable because the blade seems of differt brass type for lack of better words. If the case it whould make a very attractive cheap tourist piece with minimum work required to 'convert' it.

Mark...

13th September 2005, 02:04 AM	#1
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Turkish knife Hello All! I bought another Turkish tuorist knife. For the price it was as cheap as chips! The odd thing is that it slightly resembles the old Ottoman military issue knife. It is of good quality for a tourist knife . The materials are even similer being brass and both are carved with similer patterns. It is even about the same size as the origenl. Does anyone else see this resemblence, or is it my mind playing tricks on me? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1 Mark....

13th September 2005, 09:38 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,226	As far as your mind "playing tricks" on you is concerned, I'll leave that between you and your psychiatrist. As far as the resemblence is concerned, I noticed that too when I first saw this on eBay. I wonder if someone took the parts of a military Ottoman jambiya and "modified" it.

14th September 2005, 12:18 AM	#3
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Hello Battara! My psychiatrist says I am "fairly" normal. At least i am not the only one who saw the similarity, If the steel blade was replaced with a brass one and the hilt drilled with holes and glass insewrts put in, his seems plausable because the blade seems of differt brass type for lack of better words. If the case it whould make a very attractive cheap tourist piece with minimum work required to 'convert' it. Mark...