Odd, curious looking knife just finished on ebay..
 

This auction just finished on ebay..I've never seen a knife quite like this around my neck of the woods, can anyone identify it? Chinese origin perhaps?
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/8/0/3...7784752_tp.jpg

more photo's here..

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEDWX:IT

Looks like a custom made hunter to me.

I agree with Lew, looks European extraction. Might even be Aus if not the America's.

Many of you have this book "British and Commonwealth Military Knives" Ron Flook.
Is it stretching the imagination too far to see some similarity here?

Isn´t it scion spud or hide knife ?

similarities?
 

I saw the picture posted by yuanzhumin in the thread about Chinese weapons, and thought there may be a similarity there. Looks well made :shrug:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attach...id=58723&stc=1

I thought Chinese at first, but the edge bevel and the coating on the knife look wrong for a vintage or antique Chinese piece. After looking at the close-ups of the "makers marks", I am thinking Thai or somewhere nearby. I would guess it was made between 1940 and 1970 or so.
Josh

I vote North American specifically probably Mexican and definitely 1930s+ I see no Asian features at all?

Let me make predictions/questions
The bolster is either two plates or a single block with a slot. It is soldered to the blade (possibly with brass=brazed), though maybe pinned as well. Any pins are flush-finished so as to be hard to see (in the bolster)
The handle is scales (two plates on a flat tang)
The tang may taper in thickness, but probably not
The tang is flat in cross-section (not diagnostic of region, but I do suspect this)
The handle is on with two rivets, possibly nails.
Three would be more over-culture. Two is more folk-culture.
The leather is oak-tanned
The wood is juniper or otherwise related (least sure of this one; but definitely Mexican/ethnically Mexican if so)
How have I done, Ed MacMahon?
Karnac the magnificent?
;)

Tom

I agree the sheath does have a Mexican or at least a south western U.S. look to it. Good call. :)

Lew