Mystery "Kollam" knife...

anvilring · 7th June 2009, 01:32 PM

Thanks for the help. Do you/can you give me a link to that forum post?, where the "heart shaped" blade was discussed?

Its pretty obvious this was made for the tourist trade; otherwise, why stamp it in english complete with a bizarre ampersand.

Definitely made for outsiders.

Many of these tourist blades I think, would have to resemble some ethnic blade of local use, i.e. machetes from So. America, kindals from the Caucusses etc.

So my questions are; what was this used for?, and when was it made?

Did it really come FROM Kollam?, or could it be a fake tourist blade?? representing something from the 19th cen. tourist trade?

7th June 2009, 01:32 PM	#5
anvilring Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5	Thanks for the help. Do you/can you give me a link to that forum post?, where the "heart shaped" blade was discussed? Its pretty obvious this was made for the tourist trade; otherwise, why stamp it in english complete with a bizarre ampersand. Definitely made for outsiders. Many of these tourist blades I think, would have to resemble some ethnic blade of local use, i.e. machetes from So. America, kindals from the Caucusses etc. So my questions are; what was this used for?, and when was it made? Did it really come FROM Kollam?, or could it be a fake tourist blade?? representing something from the 19th cen. tourist trade?