Khodmi

Khodmi
Information
Designations:	Khodmi, Bou Sadi
Use:	Utility knife
Region of origin / author:	Algeria / Kabyle
Overall length:	28 cm
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The Khodmi or Bou Saadi is a traditional utility knife from Algeria . It was originally used by the Kabyle people.

description

The khodmi has a straight, single-edged blade. The blade tapers to a point from the handle . It is decorated with chased patterns and inlays. The handle is made of wood or horn and is usually partially wrapped with wire. The total length is approximately 28 cm.

Traditionally, the knife in a sheath made of leather , the belt hung worn.

literature

• Camille Pagé, La coutellerie depuis l'origine jusqu'à nos jours: La coutellerie étrangère. Océanic, Amérique, Afrique, Asie. , Publisher imp. H. Rivière, 1900, p. 1037 and plate CCXVIII [1]

• Steve Shackleford (Ed.): Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values Verlag Krause Publications, 2010, ISBN 9781440215056 , p. 405 [2]

• Tristan Arbousse Bastide: Du couteau au sabre , Archaeopress publishing house, 2008, ISBN 9781407302539 , p. 18 [3]

Web links

• Khodmi at Oriental-Arms: [4] , [5] , [6] , [7]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pagé: La coutellerie depuis l'origine jusqu'à nos jours , 1900, p. 1037
2. ↑ Bastide: Du couteau au sabre , 2008, p. 18
3. ↑ Shackleford Blade's Guide , 2010, p. 405
4. ↑ Bastide: Du couteau au sabre , 2008, p. 18
5. ↑ Shackleford Blade's Guide , 2010, p. 405
6. ↑ Pagé: La coutellerie depuis l'origine jusqu'à nos jours , 1900, p. 1037