Knife/dagger identification problem

gp · 1st June 2024, 09:55 PM

some more bichaqs to compare:

2 pictures from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1 of a Montengrin gent from 1912 displayung his armor

one film on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpBGyoMCkcY

an older contribution to the forum:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12722

and some pics of a Montenegrin bichaq

the more one sees and also checks the Balkan literature, it clearly looks like the piece from our well respected Bulgarian forum member, sadly the scabbard does not belong to the bichaq and the combination of 2 different items was sold as one set.
This is not oncommon as of my 38 bichaqs and several kamas, this also took place with a few and with items on sale still does if one carefully examines these pieces. Never that type of hilt is matched with that scabbard. That hilt grip is always found on the wooden with cupper covered scabbard

1st June 2024, 09:55 PM	#33
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 687	some more bichaqs to compare: 2 pictures from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 of a Montengrin gent from 1912 displayung his armor one film on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpBGyoMCkcY an older contribution to the forum: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12722 and some pics of a Montenegrin bichaq the more one sees and also checks the Balkan literature, it clearly looks like the piece from our well respected Bulgarian forum member, sadly the scabbard does not belong to the bichaq and the combination of 2 different items was sold as one set. This is not oncommon as of my 38 bichaqs and several kamas, this also took place with a few and with items on sale still does if one carefully examines these pieces. Never that type of hilt is matched with that scabbard. That hilt grip is always found on the wooden with cupper covered scabbard Attached Images Last edited by gp; 2nd June 2024 at 12:18 PM.