Vietnamese talismanic knife?

Tim Simmons · 19th May 2014, 04:00 PM

You need to do more research on this piece. Cast glass has been used for centuries. India, China, Asia have been making cast glass beads for centuries. The glue looks like any other natural gum or resin glue. I still think you have an interesting item.

blue lander · 19th May 2014, 04:26 PM

Thank you, I will. The more I look the more I think it's just a "meed mor" Thai amulet knife. I found this one with a very similar handle shape and very similar markings on the blade. Of course the blade shape is completely different.

http://thaiamulets-dhammapath.blogsp...ul-mitmor.html

Edit: It looks like the script is called Khom Thai script, and is used for Buddhist mantras and charms and whatnot.

The "M" looking decorations at the bottom of the knife are apparently a mantra praising Buddha. I still haven't found one with the blade shape of mine, though. There's tons of sites out there about this stuff, maybe I'll send pictures around to them and see what they say.

blue lander · 2nd June 2014, 02:54 PM

I posted some pictures of this thing on a Thai Amulet message board asking if anybody knew what it was. They said it's just a run of the mill "Meed Mor" amulet dagger. But Meed Mors always have pointy tips to them, so I asked why mine had such an usual shape. They said the tip had been broken off.

Now this thing is about 5mm thick so there's no way the tip could have broken off by accident. It would have had to have been done deliberately. Plus it looks nothing like a traditional Meed Mor knife even with the tip broken off, the shape is just completely different. So I think they just didn't know what it was.

ausjulius · 11th June 2014, 05:07 PM

hello , the odd shape of the knife head is typical thai e-toh knife shape..
it is not broken, just crubly made.

19th May 2014, 04:26 PM	#2
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	Thank you, I will. The more I look the more I think it's just a "meed mor" Thai amulet knife. I found this one with a very similar handle shape and very similar markings on the blade. Of course the blade shape is completely different. http://thaiamulets-dhammapath.blogsp...ul-mitmor.html Edit: It looks like the script is called Khom Thai script, and is used for Buddhist mantras and charms and whatnot. The "M" looking decorations at the bottom of the knife are apparently a mantra praising Buddha. I still haven't found one with the blade shape of mine, though. There's tons of sites out there about this stuff, maybe I'll send pictures around to them and see what they say. Attached Images Last edited by blue lander; 19th May 2014 at 10:44 PM.

19th May 2014, 04:00 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,854	You need to do more research on this piece. Cast glass has been used for centuries. India, China, Asia have been making cast glass beads for centuries. The glue looks like any other natural gum or resin glue. I still think you have an interesting item.

2nd June 2014, 02:54 PM	#3
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	I posted some pictures of this thing on a Thai Amulet message board asking if anybody knew what it was. They said it's just a run of the mill "Meed Mor" amulet dagger. But Meed Mors always have pointy tips to them, so I asked why mine had such an usual shape. They said the tip had been broken off. Now this thing is about 5mm thick so there's no way the tip could have broken off by accident. It would have had to have been done deliberately. Plus it looks nothing like a traditional Meed Mor knife even with the tip broken off, the shape is just completely different. So I think they just didn't know what it was.

11th June 2014, 05:07 PM	#4
ausjulius Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: musorian territory Posts: 440	hello , the odd shape of the knife head is typical thai e-toh knife shape.. it is not broken, just crubly made.