Ethnographic folding knives

Rick · 20th September 2019, 03:40 AM

Could this have been for cutting the betel nut; or are they too hard to use something like this on.

kronckew · 20th September 2019, 09:16 AM

Looks like a pruning knife. Similar small ones are used in scoring opium poppies & collecting the head later to get the seeds for next years crop. I recall seeing similar decorations on blades from northeast India near Burma.

fernando · 20th September 2019, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

... Looks like a pruning knife. Similar small ones are used in scoring opium poppies & collecting the head later to get the seeds for next years crop...

Makes sense, incurved edge and all.

20th September 2019, 03:40 AM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,378	Could this have been for cutting the betel nut; or are they too hard to use something like this on.

20th September 2019, 09:16 AM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,263	Looks like a pruning knife. Similar small ones are used in scoring opium poppies & collecting the head later to get the seeds for next years crop. I recall seeing similar decorations on blades from northeast India near Burma.