Silver mounted badek for coments

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Mark

I think that the two terms are synonymous, being simply the names for this kind of knife in the respective languages

I am afraid i didn't make myself understood. What i meant to ask you was whether you maintain your previous sugestion quoted in post #15, concerning the possible provenance of this piece.

Originally Posted by Mark

The designs look Burmese to me (see example below). Maybe it is from southern Burma. They are used in both Burma and Thailand, undoubtedly due to the Malaysian influence (not the other way around).

The "meed pra dae" thing was only me trying to get smart.

Fernando