bichaq=knife
Hi Battara,
Awhile ago I met a Turkish seller of arms and militaria books. He said that bichaq (or biçak) just means knife in Turkish. Google Translate appears to agree and translates "knife" in English to biçak in Turkish. Since the former Yugoslavia area was part of the Ottoman Empire, they probably picked up the word from the Turks. By the way, I didn't mean to imply that the trousse set was typically how these knives come. Over the years, I have seen a good number of these knives but only two trousse sets.
Sincerely,
RobT
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