The division of labor and specialization demanded his guns. Therefore, in addition to consideration by the group of knives, there is another group - knives that are used only for certain purposes, primarily for household use. For example, a sea animal hunting for the peoples who inhabited the coastal territory required a special tool for cutting up carcasses recovered. Specific knives appeared in the household. These include the so-called women's knives, which were used Nanais. To the same group of national household knives can be attributed Uzbek knives (length about 400 mm) for cutting meat Ossetian knives (300 mm), made entirely of horns and duck served for interrupting during weaving, as well as to smooth the seams by sewing clothes, Afghan knives and meat that is n.
Another group of the national knives has become more pronounced armaments that are used primarily for fighting. Characteristically, the knives in this group are widely used in the last century and in some cases and now have clearly expressed national characteristics. For example, the same Afghan knives are massive, long enough (200-300 mm), almost with a straight butt, some expanding to toe blade with a thickness of 5-6 mm. In general they are characterized by a typical Central Asian form of. Scabbard of wood, lined with leather with a metal device consisting of a mouth with the tip and ring. Central Blades knives of this type are usually thickened with a straight butt, gradually tapering to the tip. The handle of the sheath is not removed, the cross section is round or oval in shape like the handle of the Central Asian pieces often thickened at the end or bent in the direction of the blade. Such as knives, Khiva, Bukhara, Persian, or Iranian, etc. The sheath is usually pasted to the skin. In some cases, they bind entirely in gold, silver, decorated with precious stones and ornaments typical of the area where they are made. Turkish knives have a blade length of 300 mm with a thickness of about 3 mm with a straight butt. Bone handle extends and bifurcates at the top of the handle like a scimitar, whence it was their name. Arab knives have straight or curved blade length 400 mm with a thickness of 5-6 mm. Carved handle will not retract into the sheath and the vein is outside. Scabbard of wood, lined with leather or cloth, have a metal device consisting of several rings, the mouth and tip.