Pala made in Bosnia and/or Bulgaria

[Kubur]

Hi
Yes it's walrus ivory and absolutely the look is very Bosnian, despite the fact that I have seen some Bulgarian knifes with the same design. It's more likely Bosnian because if the small "nails" on the joint of the grip...
Kubur

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by Kubur

Hi
Yes it's walrus ivory and absolutely the look is very Bosnian, despite the fact that I have seen some Bulgarian knifes with the same design. It's more likely Bosnian because if the small "nails" on the joint of the grip...
Kubur

Kuber, from the looks of it you have a Balkan pala, I can not remember seeing another one like it. It makes sense that the grip would be the distinguishing part.

[stelio]

I have never again seen in Pala such a handle. Although the Balkans knives were with this decoration in the late 19th century. The colors in the decoration are close to what they have knives from Bulgaria in my opinion .
Stelios

[Kubur]

Hi Both,

I'm like you very confused.
For sure Balkans, in between Bosnia and Bulgaria.
Maybe Macedonia? It's in the middle...

Another funny stuff is the big crack on on the both side of the grips.
The grips are fixed with the same little nails that you can see on the joint.
To my opinion, the grip was broken before the craftman fixed it and he had to put more nails to maintain the different parts.
It reinforces the idea that the grip was done by a knife specialist more than a guy used to do grips for swords...
Is it make sense for you?

Best,
Kubur