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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 413
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Hello,
I recently picked up this knife at auction. The hilt makes me think of an origin in Indonesia, but the blade I do not recognize. The knife is well made, balanced, blade firm with no play. Description: - OAL = 10 3/8 inches - Blade length = 4 5/8 inches, the first 1 5/8 inches are unsharpened false edge - Blade thickness = 3/8 inches, tapering to 1/8 inch - Blade Top is straight - Blade edge has a broad sharpened bevel grind on one side only, the other side flat. - Blade cross section is flat. - Blade width broadens from 5/8 inch at hilt to 1 inch at the end of a false edge, then narrowing as it sweeps upward to the tip. This false edge is chisel grind (both sides) - Bolster is brass in one piece roughly matching cross section of the hilt and with two raised ring portions nearest the hilt. - Hilt length is 5 3/4 - Hilt cross section is a flattened oval with edge along bottom aligned with the blade and rounded on top - Hilt material is dark hardwood with slight greenish hue - Hilt design motif is floral with carved portion 3 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide at the wides portion. Your thoughts please? Best Regards, Dave A. |
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