Modern made Atayal knives

KuKulzA28 · 6th June 2012, 05:14 AM

I think durability and versatility is key with these blades. Not quite as an effective glaive or spear as a real glaive or spear... A little oversized to be a kitchen cleaver... Somewhat hefty for a jungle machete... Not ideally balanced as a wood chopper... and not as long nor well-balanced as a proper sowrd or saber... But it can fulfill all those roles..

And I feel that's the name of the game with many ethnic blades that fulfill both machete and sword roles.

Taiwanese Aborigines, Taiwanese Han settlers, and Luzon Cordillerans seem to all like socket handles for their work blades though.. which didn't seem to really catch on elsewhere.

ThePepperSkull · 13th June 2012, 05:21 AM

from the examples I've seen from you, Vin, I'd say that the laraw made today are a load nicer than the N. Luzon cordilleran stuff produced when compared.

I'm definitely impressed! These bad boys don't get enough attention here I think, but they're great!

KuKulzA28 · 13th June 2012, 02:20 PM

Thanks man, they don't get too much love, but maybe they don't have the same allure or fan-base as other, more popularly collected blades.

I'm currently trying to sell these... if it's within the rules to lock this thread for the meantime, could a moderator please do that for me? Thanks, much appreciated.

6th June 2012, 05:14 AM	#1
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	I think durability and versatility is key with these blades. Not quite as an effective glaive or spear as a real glaive or spear... A little oversized to be a kitchen cleaver... Somewhat hefty for a jungle machete... Not ideally balanced as a wood chopper... and not as long nor well-balanced as a proper sowrd or saber... But it can fulfill all those roles.. And I feel that's the name of the game with many ethnic blades that fulfill both machete and sword roles. Taiwanese Aborigines, Taiwanese Han settlers, and Luzon Cordillerans seem to all like socket handles for their work blades though.. which didn't seem to really catch on elsewhere.

13th June 2012, 05:21 AM	#2
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	from the examples I've seen from you, Vin, I'd say that the laraw made today are a load nicer than the N. Luzon cordilleran stuff produced when compared. I'm definitely impressed! These bad boys don't get enough attention here I think, but they're great!

13th June 2012, 02:20 PM	#3
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	Thanks man, they don't get too much love, but maybe they don't have the same allure or fan-base as other, more popularly collected blades. I'm currently trying to sell these... if it's within the rules to lock this thread for the meantime, could a moderator please do that for me? Thanks, much appreciated.