Cretan Traditional Knife, Handmade with Silver Case

The blade is stainless steel.

The back widens and forms a "T".

The handle consists of two sides (sleeves) that is bone and the silver film (tsemperliki) that connects the two bones and is carved by hand with various projects. Among the V formed by the sleeve is decorated with a boned flower and a red gem. It has double rivets at three binder sleeve with tsemperliki.

The length of the blade is 40cm

The Case or its scabbard is total silver. It has embossed representations as flowers, the Lighthouse of Chania, the heroism of Kagiale, the Cretan Chamois and various other. The end leads to a embossed convex snake head, while in it base exist five spiral tyings, said Zechia. On scabbard and immediately afterwards Zechia is found Kerkeli. A loop from where are hung theXoplia, decorative at the knife, that is two currencies of Cretan State, silver and tied up, with also silver chains in Kerkeli.

In the blade of Cretan knife you can add the serenades that we propose to you (in greek):

1. Μαχαίρι Κρητικό βαστώ π'αστράφτει και γυαλίζει

στην ξενιτιά όντε βρίσκομαι την Κρήτη μου θυμίζει

2. Είμαι μαχαίρι Κρητικό όπλο τιμής κι ανδρείας

μα πάνω απ' όλα ενθύμιο παντοτινής φιλίας.

3.Ένα μαχαίρι Κρητικό για δώρο θα σου κάνω

αγάπη και ειλικρίνεια απεικονίζει απάνω.

4. Από την Κρήτη σαν θα ‘ρθεις κράτα μου ένα μαχαίρι,

για να θυμάμαι πάντοτε αυτόν που το ‘χει φέρει.

5. Κρήτη πατρίδα μας γλυκιά χιλιοτραγουδισμένη

κάτεχε πως σε νοσταλγούν ούλ' οι ξενιτεμένοι.

6. Τ' όνειρο κάθε Κρητικού που ζει ξενιτεμένος

είναι να 'ρθει στον τόπο του να ζήσει ευτυχισμένος.

If you do not want one of these couplets, you can write your own sentence to 18 words.

For No Serenade you must write "X"

For the particular knife and provided that if you engrave anything on it, we cannot serve you with the method of payment with delivery