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15th February 2023, 08:27 PM | #1 |
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15th February 2023, 08:31 PM | #2 |
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By the way, I asked the same question on the Russian forum. One of the participants in the topic said that it would be very convenient to peel a pomegranate fruit with such a knife.
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15th February 2023, 08:36 PM | #3 |
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I know a better system; my wife pills them for me with bare hands ... and i devour the seeds .
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16th February 2023, 05:24 AM | #4 |
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I guess it could be a table knife just for pomegranates, but it still seems expensive for that with wootz, walrus, and gold inlay. A status piece of some sort. |
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16th February 2023, 01:50 PM | #6 |
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I lean towards this as well, the short, concave side edge lends itself to this function. I can imagine a rich man strolling through his garden and picking a fruit or flower from a tree with this.
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16th February 2023, 04:39 PM | #7 |
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I am now inclined to it being a pen cutter, for a traditional reed pen. That hooked end would be excellent for cutting the nib.... A Koranic scribe is high class enough for that sort of tool.
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16th February 2023, 05:27 PM | #8 |
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Looks like they all use straight blades .
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18th February 2023, 08:19 AM | #9 |
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quill cutters are generally straight there is really no need to cut pulling toward oneself (which is instead suggested by de hawkbill shape), in fact the name pen knife is the name left to this day and indicating generally a folding knife of a small size which a blade initially meant to do that, from the function of cutting quills
( the latin for quill is penna where the name from" pen" comes from) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penknife this blade suggests the need to cut pulling towards the cutter or to make a round motion with the cut (as in when you want to do some types of, draft as in putting two pieces of plant one into the other) |
18th February 2023, 11:59 AM | #10 |
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Unless we are talking about the 'mechanized' system, with their luxury versions. I know i have approached this in my post #28 ... but never get tired to show this beautiful thing. Sorry guys .
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