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Briefly about pchaks (or pichaks, or pichoqs)
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Description
Field knife featuring a drop point blade made of Uzbek pattern-welded Damascus steel. Full flat grind. At the base of the blade, on the cutting edge side, there is a concave finger choil for the index finger. The Damascus pattern is distinct and aesthetic, but its hardness does not match Russian Damascus steels (it is around 56-58 HRC, whereas in Russia, Damascus is hardened to 59-62 HRC). Sukma-type handle (meaning push-tang construction) made of oriental plane wood. A bolster/guard made of melchior, featuring an oriental black ornament but structurally typical for Russian knives. Metal sheath decorated with hand-engraved, black-tinted chasing (chikan work) and mother of pearl (sadaf) inserts.
Overall length: 275 mmBlade length: 147 mm
Blade width (max.): 37 mm
Blade thickness (max.): 4 mm
Metal sheath (melchior), hand chasing, sadaf
