Show us your pesh-kabz

[ariel]

Extremely nice wootz pattern! Excellent job.
Wish I could do half as well:- (((((

As to the name ( kard, karud, pesh kabz), it depends exclusively on the form of the blade, not on the materiel of it.

But I do not wish to argue about the use of the term « karud” in casual conversations. It would be just like pedantically opposing “ booze” instead of “ alcoholic beverage”. I am only suggesting that this term is wrong from the professional point of view: it never was the real name of the dagger, it is just a local pronounciation of “ kard” , akin to to the Southern “ taar” instead of “tire”, “ eiah” instead of “ air” or “ lemme” instead of “ let me”. One can hear at the gas staton somewhere in Alabama “ lemme put eiah in your taar” and still know that nothing bad is going to happen: the attendant just wants to inflate you leaking tire. But by the same token, one would never put that sentence phonetically into his/her MS thesis on managing practices in the Alabamian “ Discount Tire” shops:-) That’s all..

[Saracen]

Ariel and Marius, thank you for your explanations.
Here is the karud (pesh-kabz) that I wanted to show...

Removed at the requirement of Mariusgmioc (inconsistency with the topic)

[mahratt]

Marius, thank you very much for the interesting topic.
Persian pesh-kabz from my collection:

[Bryce]

G'day Guys,
It took a while, but I finally got my hands on one of these. Persian, but with a later scabbard.
Cheers,
Bryce

[Turkoman.khan]

Originally Posted by Bryce

G'day Guys,
It took a while, but I finally got my hands on one of these. Persian, but with a later scabbard.
Cheers,
Bryce

Excellent pesh-kabz. Congratulations.
I think the old handle was replaced with a new one in the 20th century

[Bryce]

G'day,
Yeah I agree. The grip scales have probably been replaced at some point.
Cheers,
Bryce

[kronckew]

Do these simple ones count?