Accidental collector - old weapons ID assistance (Yao?)

Jampot10 · 4th November 2014, 01:49 PM

Again thank you for the comments posted. I find it really interesting that there are similar items about, this tends to suggest these are not one offs but a type specific to an area. Given this is it strange that these do not seem to have any formal identification ?
Or are they just so generic (simple) in style that they are a type that might have been used in various locations.
I guess as some have mentioned the key is the writing on the blades. I'm assuming this most likely to be a makers mark but maybe also a location or owner stamp.
I think this is what I will need to follow up - are there any linguists out there ?
These are the first knives I've owned ( purely through accident) but I can see already how this could become an obsessive hobby

4th November 2014, 01:49 PM	#11
Jampot10 Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 12	Again thank you for the comments posted. I find it really interesting that there are similar items about, this tends to suggest these are not one offs but a type specific to an area. Given this is it strange that these do not seem to have any formal identification ? Or are they just so generic (simple) in style that they are a type that might have been used in various locations. I guess as some have mentioned the key is the writing on the blades. I'm assuming this most likely to be a makers mark but maybe also a location or owner stamp. I think this is what I will need to follow up - are there any linguists out there ? These are the first knives I've owned ( purely through accident) but I can see already how this could become an obsessive hobby