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My principal interest is the Javanese keris, but I do have an interest in a lot of other things as well, one of those other things is puukko knives.
Here is one that I'm a bit puzzled by. The blade is a Gallus, I've had a few of these over the years, and I think I currently have another couple of them apart from this one. But this knife shown has a custom hilt and scabbard. The metal is good quality silver, the hilt is wood. The embossed scabbard motif is a dragon. I am puzzled by the figure shown in the hilt carving, it appears to be some sort of mythical monster with fangs and two tongues. I have thought that Grendel from Beowulf might be a candidate, but maybe there are multiple Scandinavian monsters that are similar. Does anybody have any suggestions? |
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