Three Paiwan kives for comment

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by VANDOO

THREE VERY NICE EXAMPLES AND ALL DIFFERENT A BONUS THE FIRST ONE HAS AN UNUSUAL BLADE TIP IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF A JAPANESE BLADE THE OTHER TWO BLADES ARE OF A MORE NORMAL FORM. VERY GOOD AGE AND WORKMANSHIP ON ALL THREE. THE INLAY OF SHELL IS INTERESTING AND SHOULD HELP THOSE WITH EXPERTESE IN THIS FIELD IDENTIFY THEM FOR YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CLOSEUPS OF THE SHELL INLAYED AREAS AND THE CREATURE NEAR THE TIP OF THE SHORTER KNIFE IN YOUR PICTURE OF TWO TOGETHER. CONGRADULATIONS VERY NICE FINDS.

Thank you Barry! For the different blade tip look to this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=taiwan
By all old threads I haven't seen scabbards with shell inlays, maybe a sign for taken heads? But this is only a guess. The creature on the red scabbard seems to be the same as on the other one, a snake or naga, see this thread, post #4: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=paiwan
Soon as I have them in hand I will post the requested close ups.
Here some other informative threads:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=paiwan
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=taiwan
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=rukai

Regards,
Detlef