unknown knife

laEspadaAncha · 17th June 2011, 08:17 PM

IMHO the flattened, double-edged blade appears distinctly European or American, though the scabbard does appear Bou Saddi in style (at least with regards to its general shape). Definitely wouldn't be the first hybrid marriage of imported blade and local hilt in the region.

tom hyle · 18th June 2011, 03:55 AM

I think that's a scar from vice jaws at the base of the blade.

tom hyle · 18th June 2011, 12:55 PM

again, is that a hole that passes through the grip?

Freddy · 20th June 2011, 09:36 PM

No, Tom. There's no hole in the handle. I can add that the handle is very heavy.

tom hyle · 21st June 2011, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Freddy

No, Tom. There's no hole in the handle. I can add that the handle is very heavy.

Yeah, there's a certain amount of lead in it. I wonder though, if there's anyway to tell CSI style; you never know; if the handle would turn out to be a piece of a whale, even. European sailor anyhow.

Freddy · 23rd June 2011, 11:51 AM

The knife came with other pieces : one small ivory box and a Yu'pik (eskimo ?) mask.

These were brought back from Alaska in the seventies by a French artist (so I was told).

tom hyle · 23rd June 2011, 02:47 PM

The whale's tooth box has on it a counting board of some kind; perhaps to do with gaming. How large is it? Might it be a box for some kind of gambling etc. devices such as dice, etc.? Supposedly the Northern peoples gamble a lot in the winter (not that summer stops the rest of us

) Cool box.

Tim Simmons · 23rd June 2011, 07:08 PM

The plot thickens. Looks like you might have found quite an interesting knife. What do you make of the leather? is it sewn with sinew?

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17th June 2011, 08:17 PM	#1
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	IMHO the flattened, double-edged blade appears distinctly European or American, though the scabbard does appear Bou Saddi in style (at least with regards to its general shape). Definitely wouldn't be the first hybrid marriage of imported blade and local hilt in the region.

18th June 2011, 03:55 AM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	I think that's a scar from vice jaws at the base of the blade.

18th June 2011, 12:55 PM	#3
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	again, is that a hole that passes through the grip?

20th June 2011, 09:36 PM	#4
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	No, Tom. There's no hole in the handle. I can add that the handle is very heavy.

23rd June 2011, 02:47 PM	#7
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	The whale's tooth box has on it a counting board of some kind; perhaps to do with gaming. How large is it? Might it be a box for some kind of gambling etc. devices such as dice, etc.? Supposedly the Northern peoples gamble a lot in the winter (not that summer stops the rest of us ) Cool box.

23rd June 2011, 07:08 PM	#8
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,958	The plot thickens. Looks like you might have found quite an interesting knife. What do you make of the leather? is it sewn with sinew?