Cretan (?) knife with inscription for translation

kronckew · 10th August 2013, 07:18 AM

they are still making these inscribed knives in chania, crete. an elderly knife maker, Apostolis Pachtikos, made these:

not mine.

mine.

i gather he is actually a turk who immigrated to crete way back when & has been making knives there for 60+ years. i hope he still is. last i heard there were only 7 other makers left.

edited: apparently the other 7 have died.

apostolis signs his knives as 'armenis' as when he arrived from turkey, they mistakingly referred to him as the armenian

10th August 2013, 07:18 AM	#11
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	they are still making these inscribed knives in chania, crete. an elderly knife maker, Apostolis Pachtikos, made these: not mine. mine. i gather he is actually a turk who immigrated to crete way back when & has been making knives there for 60+ years. i hope he still is. last i heard there were only 7 other makers left. edited: apparently the other 7 have died. apostolis signs his knives as 'armenis' as when he arrived from turkey, they mistakingly referred to him as the armenian