Is this an opium cutter ?

fernando · 8th May 2022, 01:10 PM

The seller in the street market assures me this is an opium cutter. I suggested it is a bettel cutter and he says it is not the same thing; that he saw it in the internet as being a tool for cutting opium ... which i doubt.
Anyone here to tell me the seller is right ... or wrong ? In fact and based on his 'certainty' he is asking a lot of money for this antique.
Its real size is circa 1/3 of this enlarged picture

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8th May 2022, 01:10 PM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Is this an opium cutter ? The seller in the street market assures me this is an opium cutter. I suggested it is a bettel cutter and he says it is not the same thing; that he saw it in the internet as being a tool for cutting opium ... which i doubt. Anyone here to tell me the seller is right ... or wrong ? In fact and based on his 'certainty' he is asking a lot of money for this antique. Its real size is circa 1/3 of this enlarged picture . Attached Images