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Have won this knife from a german auction house, seems to be a nice blade but i only have this picture. It is 30 cm long. Have someone a guess from where it could be or seen something similar before?
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Between the blade and the hilt, something about this is saying "Sumatran" to me, but I could very well be wrong. It doesn't exactly fit any "type", but very interesting and clear made for use nonetheless.
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Don't we see these antler point hilts in Thai knives ?
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Thank you Charles and Rick,
frankly said I have had the same thoughts like Rick because the antler hilt and style of scabbard, look here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16521 Have the hope that someone have seen or own a similar one and know more. |
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You know the more I look at this and add in the scabbard the more I a thinking Thai too.
I will see if I can find some matching blade profiles. |
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Have get a very informed statement by email. This knife coming from Cambodia or Thailand border to Cambodia and is a so called e-nep thai "Khmer" kukri. The scabbard is traditional to Cambodia, the used metal for the fittings most probable from samrit, a brass alloy with worthy metal content.
The knife is with 30 cm rather small but very typical. Are there other members with such a knife? |
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I have seen a dha dagger once with everything typical except it had an antler hilt like this one.
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Sajen,
Here are two knives that I found with similar blade profiles, but neither is identical to yours as yours has a more straight spine. These were my reasons for first suggesting a Sumatran origin to the knife that is the subject at hand, and then wondering if it may be Thai. The top one here is Sumatran and the bottom one Thai or Burmese. The blade profile of the bottom one is slightly closer to yours. |
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Charles the bottom one is my favorite!
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Here's a picture of a modern Thai e-nep. The general shape does look similar.
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thank you for showing this two nice knives. The bottom one seems to belong to the same family also when the blade profile is different, beautiful example with the ivory handle and the blade lamination. Regards, Detlef |
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Hi Sajen,
Do you have a close up of the blade? Like to see the detail on the spine of the blade... ![]() |
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Hi Ibeam, it's the only picture I have for the moment, don't have the knife in hand until now. Will take some pictures when I received it. Regards, Detlef |
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Here is one of mine with a similar blade profile. My example is definitely Thai.
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Isn't there more to IDing the origin of this blade than simply the blade profile? There are, after all, only so many logic blade profiles in the world of edged weapons and we see similarities in weapons from all over the world. What about other aspects of the blade design? For instance, i do NOT see the bolster that is obvious on Andrew's Thai example on Detlef's blade. And if we are going to look closely at just the blade profile, Detlef's spine is much straighter across than any of these other examples and it possesses something like "aring" sticking out at the base on the edge side that does not appear in the Thai examples.
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For clarification, I offered my example for comparison to Sajen's only. I do not necessarily have an opinion about his sword one way or the other.
David, I do not disagree with your observations. I would add that the file work along the top of the side shown is unlike any Thai or Burmese blade I have handled or seen. If I had to opine, I would lean towards Sumatra... |
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I'm seeing more of a filipino piece with modified handle.
See this bolo for similar blade profile and tenegre or binangon like this one for similar scabbard construction. A lot more Visayan on this forum cover the features of the knife in OP. Emanuel |
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have a look again to this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16521. By Robert's knife I have thought first Philippines, but I think that the knife Robert have shown coming from Cambodia/Thailand. Let us wait until I have it in hand and can take some pictures. Regards, Detlef |
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My vote on the origin of this would also be Cambodia. Another interesting addition to your collection. I can not wait to see what you find next.
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Here are a couple examples that are similar: Cambodian http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=81846 Lao http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13658 See Mak 2,(Cambodian) for similar brass decor on the handle. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6204 Burmese sheaths with brass scabbard decor: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6349 http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6350 http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5970 I will have to look more for the others I had in mind. I still have yet to comment as well about the blade. Last edited by Nathaniel; 12th December 2013 at 03:14 AM. |
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Honestly Nathaniel, none of those really look similar to me other than that they are wooden sheaths with metal bands. Those materials are used all over SEA. I was hoping to see something with the same shape and profile of Detlef's example. Flat, wide, slightly wider at the bottom. The closest thing in this thread is in Emanuel's post # 22, the top sheath in the second photo.
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