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5th December 2013, 05:16 PM | #1 |
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South East Asian knife? Need help!!
Have won this knife from a german auction house, seems to be a nice blade but i only have this picture. It is 30 cm long. Have someone a guess from where it could be or seen something similar before?
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5th December 2013, 06:30 PM | #2 |
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Between the blade and the hilt, something about this is saying "Sumatran" to me, but I could very well be wrong. It doesn't exactly fit any "type", but very interesting and clear made for use nonetheless.
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5th December 2013, 07:01 PM | #3 |
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Don't we see these antler point hilts in Thai knives ?
Not that I think Thai when I look at the blade ... |
5th December 2013, 07:35 PM | #4 |
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Thank you Charles and Rick,
frankly said I have had the same thoughts like Rick because the antler hilt and style of scabbard, look here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16521 Have the hope that someone have seen or own a similar one and know more. |
5th December 2013, 08:53 PM | #5 |
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You know the more I look at this and add in the scabbard the more I a thinking Thai too.
I will see if I can find some matching blade profiles. |
5th December 2013, 11:10 PM | #6 |
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Have get a very informed statement by email. This knife coming from Cambodia or Thailand border to Cambodia and is a so called e-nep thai "Khmer" kukri. The scabbard is traditional to Cambodia, the used metal for the fittings most probable from samrit, a brass alloy with worthy metal content.
The knife is with 30 cm rather small but very typical. Are there other members with such a knife? |
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6th December 2013, 04:47 PM | #9 |
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Sajen,
Here are two knives that I found with similar blade profiles, but neither is identical to yours as yours has a more straight spine. These were my reasons for first suggesting a Sumatran origin to the knife that is the subject at hand, and then wondering if it may be Thai. The top one here is Sumatran and the bottom one Thai or Burmese. The blade profile of the bottom one is slightly closer to yours. |
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6th December 2013, 05:52 PM | #11 |
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Here's a picture of a modern Thai e-nep. The general shape does look similar.
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9th December 2013, 10:59 PM | #13 |
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Hi Sajen,
Do you have a close up of the blade? Like to see the detail on the spine of the blade... |
10th December 2013, 12:25 AM | #14 | |
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Hi Ibeam, it's the only picture I have for the moment, don't have the knife in hand until now. Will take some pictures when I received it. Regards, Detlef |
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10th December 2013, 04:21 PM | #15 |
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Here is one of mine with a similar blade profile. My example is definitely Thai.
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