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					Originally Posted by ariel
					
				   I wonder whether  the origins of the peculiar throat of the scabbard might be found in the construction of  local knives. | 
	
 In the construction of the solid silver scabbards yataghan, Ottoman kard and bichaq. A removable the peculiar throat of the scabbard is needed to install wooden inserts in the scabbard.