Old Uyghur Knives?

[driftwould]

Originally Posted by ariel

They are very much Uighur:-) And, of course, similar to the Uzbeki /Turkestani pichoks. Not a miracle: neighbourly and very closely related people. North-West China, Yengissar.

And very new, no more than 20 years old, likely much less.


For those of you who can read Russian ( Teodor, can you hear me ? :-)), here is a link to the Russian site with long and detailed discussion of these knives. And for the linguistically-challenged, the pics are plentiful.
Enjoy!
http://rusknife.com/topic/8629-ножи-суар/

Hi! Thanks for the reply. Yes, they are actually 2 years old, I bought them in Xinjiang on my recent trip, as I mentioned. But what about the one in the Ebay link? You seem to know something about Uyghur/Uighur knives, can you tell me anything about old ones, or direct me to info (or even better- PICTURES!! :^D )? I'm looking for more info about the old variety, but I can't find any.

I'll be looking into Uzbek and other Central Asian knives as well.