Pair of knives

[Congoblades]

I have a simular one. Does not look very old.

[blue lander]

How large is that one? Mine's only 20mm OAL, much smaller than the one Andrew posted.

[Congoblades]

The knife 30 cm, total lenght is 33 cm.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by blue lander

How large is that one? Mine's only 20mm OAL, much smaller than the one Andrew posted.

20 mm ?, you are sure?

[blue lander]

Whoops, you're right. 20 cm. Still smaller than either other example.

[blue lander]

They just arrived today. First impression: Souvenir knives. They're tiny and the edges aren't sharpened. I was about to chuck them in the "junk" bin but the seller covered the other side of the blade with stickers for some reason and I wanted to remove them. I scraped off what I could and used FeCL to burn off the rest of the residue.

To my surprise, it appears that the larger one has a hardened edge! So I guess it is a real knife.

Edit: Small one appears to be hardened as well. I can't imagine what such a small knife would be useful for.

[Nathaniel]

Originally Posted by blue lander

They just arrived today. First impression: Souvenir knives. They're tiny and the edges aren't sharpened. I was about to chuck them in the "junk" bin but the seller covered the other side of the blade with stickers for some reason and I wanted to remove them. I scraped off what I could and used FeCL to burn off the rest of the residue.

To my surprise, it appears that the larger one has a hardened edge! So I guess it is a real knife.

Edit: Small one appears to be hardened as well. I can't imagine what such a small knife would be useful for.

Classic Hmong style blade and handle. Interesting I've never seen a shealth like that were they are in a pair. In South East Asia, the Hmong live in China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. The largest Hmong population outside of Asia is in the USA due to Hmong fighting along side US soldiers in the Vietnam War. In he USA, I've seen Hmong knives for sale at markets during large Hmong gatherings during Memorial day, 4th of July and Labor Day.

[blue lander]

Originally Posted by Nathaniel

Classic Hmong style blade and handle. Interesting I've never seen a shealth like that were they are in a pair. In South East Asia, the Hmong live in China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. The largest Hmong population outside of Asia is in the USA due to Hmong fighting along side US soldiers in the Vietnam War. In he USA, I've seen Hmong knives for sale at markets during large Hmong gatherings during Memorial day, 4th of July and Labor Day.

Thanks for the info. Have you ever seen Hmong knives this small? The other one's I've seen have been much larger. I'm still trying to determine if these were souvenirs or intended for use.