Silver Balkan Bichaq

Battara · 1st November 2008, 09:53 PM

OH, I don't know.....I think the scabbard is kind of cute...

Battara · 5th December 2010, 05:34 AM

Interesting note: according to Elgood (The Arms of Greece and her Balkan Neighbors in the Ottoman Period, p. 51) this little knife is called a mali noz, a close quarter knife.

TVV · 5th December 2010, 06:23 AM

Mali noz would literally mean small knife, as opposed to dugi noz or long knife, which again according to Elgood is how the Bosnians somtimes called the yataghan. That being said, both of them were for close quarters combat, were they not?

Regards,
Teodor

Battara · 6th December 2010, 02:47 AM

I guess one closer than the other.

1st November 2008, 09:53 PM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	OH, I don't know.....I think the scabbard is kind of cute...

5th December 2010, 05:34 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Interesting note: according to Elgood (The Arms of Greece and her Balkan Neighbors in the Ottoman Period, p. 51) this little knife is called a mali noz, a close quarter knife.

5th December 2010, 06:23 AM	#3
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,664	Mali noz would literally mean small knife, as opposed to dugi noz or long knife, which again according to Elgood is how the Bosnians somtimes called the yataghan. That being said, both of them were for close quarters combat, were they not? Regards, Teodor

6th December 2010, 02:47 AM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	I guess one closer than the other.