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Old 22nd September 2011, 09:35 PM   #4
josh stout
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It is a Bao An knife made in the last 30 years or so.

(http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=baoan)

I have a single knife example that is very similar, also from Gansu that I like very much. These are solid knives from an ethnic Tibetan minority and would also likely be available in Kashgar. So while I would not say it is antique, it is very much of ethnographic interest as the product of an active knife wielding society. These were made for use
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