Types of Knives

[Yaj]

Luck you

[eljefe]

and you having a quiet day at work? the jambiya is half a world away...must get back to my swedish steels sometime

[Subal das]

Yaj, you can get Jordanian Combat Jambiya, it resembles the traditional Jambiya, on internet, not sure about price

[Olly]

Can somebody start a thread on how to throw knives (accurately)?

Should start a fresh topic on this one...

Got this interesting bit from the GQ Magazine, Nov -09 issue...thought it will make for interesting reading...

[Yaj]

and you having a quiet day at work? the jambiya is half a world away...must get back to my swedish steels sometime

Have entirely too much time on my hands .Officially retired from medicine.

Yaj, you can get Jordanian Combat Jambiya, it resembles the traditional Jambiya, on internet, not sure about price

Thanks Subal but I prefer to collect the traditional types.
Regards,
Yaj.

[shooter]

An "Indians for guns" forum would be incomplete without an indian classification of knives.

Please bear in mind that over the last few centuries we have had cultural influences from other parts of the world and indians arms werent exempt from these influences. this list is certainly not exhaustive and additions are not only welcome but encouraged:

knives:

katar
jamdhar
jambia
khanjar
pesh kabz
bichwa
chilanum
khanjarli
bhuj
katti
churra
kard

[Yaj]

An "Indians for guns" forum would be incomplete without an indian classification of knives.

Please bear in mind that over the last few centuries we have had cultural influences from other parts of the world and indians arms werent exempt from these influences. this list is certainly not exhaustive and additions are not only welcome but encouraged:

knives:

katar
jamdhar
jambia
khanjar
pesh kabz
bichwa
chilanum
khanjarli
bhuj
katti
churra
kard

haladie
zira bouk
pichangetti
bank
zafar takieh
gupti
khukri

[Vikram]

Yaj, you can get Jordanian Combat Jambiya, it resembles the traditional Jambiya, on internet, not sure about price

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You can get Jambiyas in Hyderabad.Plenty Yemenis there.Every year, a few get injured or even killed dancing with them in the Old City.


Best-
Vikram

[Yaj]

Thanks for the tip Vikram , will try there.Had been there on the 23rd of Jan wish I had known it then.
Regards,
Yaj.

[Olly]

Shooter, Yaj,
Thanks... this was the intention of this thread... to capture as many types as possible... !
Have many from your classifications too....will post pics soon and add to the database....

From the North East - the DAH or the DAO...

[winnie_the_pooh]

An "Indians for guns" forum would be incomplete without an indian classification of knives.

Please bear in mind that over the last few centuries we have had cultural influences from other parts of the world and indians arms werent exempt from these influences. this list is certainly not exhaustive and additions are not only welcome but encouraged:

I do believe that the only truly Indian sharp edged weapon is the Khanda.Not exactly my field, so could be wrong also.

Indians certainly used them to good effect even in modern times:-

http://www.britishbattles.com/second-si ... wallah.htm

In battle, at the first opportunity, many of the Sikh foot abandoned their muskets and, joining their mounted comrades, engaged in hand to hand combat with sword and shield. Horrific cutting wounds, severing limbs and heads, were a frightful feature of the Sikh Wars in which neither side gave quarter to the enemy.

In many instances the charges were delivered when regiments of Bengal Light Cavalry baulked at clashing with the feared Sikhs, leaving the 3rd to attack unsupported and against overwhelming odds, the officers and soldiers knowing the Sikhs gave no quarter and inflicted appalling wounds with their razor sharp kirpans.

[kanwar76]

An "Indians for guns" forum would be incomplete without an indian classification of knives.

Please bear in mind that over the last few centuries we have had cultural influences from other parts of the world and indians arms werent exempt from these influences. this list is certainly not exhaustive and additions are not only welcome but encouraged:

I do believe that the only truly Indian sharp edged weapon is the Khanda.Not exactly my field, so could be wrong also.

Indians certainly used them to good effect even in modern times:-

http://www.britishbattles.com/second-si ... wallah.htm

In battle, at the first opportunity, many of the Sikh foot abandoned their muskets and, joining their mounted comrades, engaged in hand to hand combat with sword and shield. Horrific cutting wounds, severing limbs and heads, were a frightful feature of the Sikh Wars in which neither side gave quarter to the enemy.

In many instances the charges were delivered when regiments of Bengal Light Cavalry baulked at clashing with the feared Sikhs, leaving the 3rd to attack unsupported and against overwhelming odds, the officers and soldiers knowing the Sikhs gave no quarter and inflicted appalling wounds with their razor sharp kirpans.

Apart from Khanda, another Rajput sword "Sirohi" should also be included. I am not able to find any pic but it looks like Shamseer

Something like this



-Inder

[Yaj]

I do believe that the only truly Indian sharp edged weapon is the Khanda.Not exactly my field, so could be wrong also.

I am afraid you are.

-- Fri Feb 12, 2010 13:52 --

In the list above shooter and myself were mainly listing the small to medium sized sharp edged weapons and not the full length swords and choppers.

Dha/Dhao in all its variations
Odi katti
Kora
Khanda
shamshir
saif
tulwar
nayar sword
urumi
aruwa
kadsale
pata
yataghan
Moplah knife
kastane
Sword length Khukris

[eljefe]

now thats what I call a sticky! go for it guys

[winnie_the_pooh]

Yaj,

Thanks for the correction.Always thought that the talwar/shamsheer and all it's variations were derived from middle eastern swords.

Is it possible to illustrate the arms named?