Mystery knife 'Turkish' / Facon?

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

Hi Gene,

Don't know. It is a strange piece.

More than anything else, that belt loop sticks in my gullet real bad, and the blade does not appear to have been sharpened or used; Is this correct?. From the photo it also appears that the blade was left in the as forged condition, without subsequent polishing; Again, is this correct?

Cheers
Chris

Hi Chris

Funny you should ask
I actually had the same thoughts about the sharpening when I first saw it.
It has a single edge which is brutally sharp, but to first glance looks fairly recently sharpened. However, there are two distinct areas that were missed in that sharpening that show it always has been sharp on one edge.

The steel is quite rough. As you say either poorly finished or left to rust and cleaned at some stage.
Width of blade is variable from 1.5mm to 2mm. Generally rough and ready, but rigid like a good carving knife.

Thanks
Gene