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1st March 2010, 11:16 PM
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Here's an enlargement of the image referenced above to more easily facilitate a comparison of the two: 
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1st March 2010, 11:37 PM
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This is an almost identical knife, and given the provenance of the example in the Osprey book, then I guess we can also date yours, Rumpel, to the same time period, which would make it a century earlier than the later, better known Bosnian bichaqs. Nice find! Regards, Teodor |
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2nd March 2010, 01:50 PM
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laEspadaAncha, thanks for uploading the Osprey pic
 And Dom, thanks ever so much for the transliteration. This sounds sentimental, but it's good to know the maker's name- a sort of posthumous recognition of his craftsmanship. |
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27th April 2010, 06:20 PM
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Updated with slightly better pics, now I've found the USB cable for my camera...
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27th April 2010, 06:44 PM
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W
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) shown there is practically identical, save for being slightly longer, and dates from the turn of the 18th/19th centuries.
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