Bedouin? Saber

[Ren Ren]

Originally Posted by RobT

Kronckew,
From what I can see, your sheath is stitched like mine also. I find it rather odd that such disparate groups as Russians and Mediterranean/Africans could come up with a similar form of stitching.

Sincerely,
RobT

Products made using this stitching technique were well known in Russia under the name "Kazan work". Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, is the largest leather and leather goods manufacturing center with over 1000 years of history. Probably only Cordoba in Spain can compare with it in Europe.
Also this stitching technique was used in Ottoman Turkey, Algeria and Morocco.
As far as I know, Lilia Sattarova is studying the history of this technique and some of her works have been published in English.

Sincerely,
Serge