Ainu knives

pbleed · 13th March 2009, 03:03 AM

Dear Friends
I cotinue to be eager to join this exiting list and I beg your willingness to examine a couple Ainu knives from my collection. These would be classed as "makiri" which would make them utility belt knives. The top one is certainly a Meiji era piece. The other two are pre-War and good of kind, but probably "high end tourist" pieces. Until the mid 1970's Ainu stuff was common in Japan, but with the opening of the large ethnographic museum in Senri Park, all of the best ethnographic stuff has been vacuum out of Japan. Potential discoveries are largely in the greater world. Anything can be anywhere!
Peter

13th March 2009, 03:03 AM	#1
pbleed Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Posts: 88	Ainu knives Dear Friends I cotinue to be eager to join this exiting list and I beg your willingness to examine a couple Ainu knives from my collection. These would be classed as "makiri" which would make them utility belt knives. The top one is certainly a Meiji era piece. The other two are pre-War and good of kind, but probably "high end tourist" pieces. Until the mid 1970's Ainu stuff was common in Japan, but with the opening of the large ethnographic museum in Senri Park, all of the best ethnographic stuff has been vacuum out of Japan. Potential discoveries are largely in the greater world. Anything can be anywhere! Peter Attached Images