what is this ?

[ausjulius]

Originally Posted by Ren Ren

Unfortunately, the tradition of making universal belt knives is almost lost. Today more than 90% of knives are kitchen and table models.
Until recently, the tradition was alive in East Turkestan, but the Chinese authorities are killing it before our very eyes.

yeah uyghurs untill recently made some good belt knives.. theres even a youtube video of a knife maker making the iron tang and fire welding it to the highcarbon blade. m as was tradition before russian steel became more common in the late 19th century.. only bichaks from the uyghurs have those steel blades with the blade scarfed into it. uzbek too.. i got ess the chinese authorities killed sword making first as uyghurs made nice shamshir up untill the 1950s.. there was article i found of a kazakh smith still able to make shamshir in the 1990s living among the uyghurs.. in uzbekistan and tajikistan where the same knives are made the process is much less traditional.. even 60 years ago