18th Centuary Ottoman Kard.

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by estcrh

They certainly do not seem to be weapons, I also have thought of them as fancy knifes for eating.

I beg to differ!

They are certainly weapons!

For cutlery you don't need to have such long blades (just have a look at the length of the blade in comparison with the hilt, then compare them with the ottoman cutlery in my example).

Also the pointy tip indicates a weapon and not cutlery.

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

I beg to differ!

They are certainly weapons!

For cutlery you don't need to have such long blades (just have a look at the length of the blade in comparison with the hilt, then compare them with the ottoman cutlery in my example).

Also the pointy tip indicates a weapon and not cutlery.

I just never saw the puny ones like mine as being anything other then a fancy fruit cutter, with its small hilt and thin blade it just does not feel very weaponish
Of course it helps to have something to compare against.

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by estcrh

I just never saw the puny ones like mine as being anything other then a fancy fruit cutter, with its small hilt and thin blade it just does not feel very weaponish
Of course it helps to have something to compare against.

Yours is smaller because was intended for a child. The size of the hilt should have tipped you off as it is way too small for an adult man's hand.

You don't put Koranic talismanic verses in gold on the blade of a butter knife!

[Miguel]

You don't put Koranic talismanic verses in gold on the blade of a butter knife!
Point well made.
Miguel

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

Yours is smaller because was intended for a child. The size of the hilt should have tipped you off as it is way too small for an adult man's hand.

You don't put Koranic talismanic verses in gold on the blade of a butter knife!

While it is a possibility I have never seen a photo or drawing of a child with such a knife, in addition the blade is long in relation to the hilt, maybe so as not to get in the way, you can still cut with it easily enough. Was butter popular in the Ottoman empire?