Where are those little knives from ?

kronckew · 1st April 2020, 05:57 AM

Museum descriptions on ethnic items are frequently a flight of fancy...especially if they are obtained from another nation's museum which was originally donated by one who travels.

Martin Lubojacky · 7th April 2020, 08:05 AM

Last year I bought similar knife on flea market in Beijing. The seller told me that her grandfather used the same knife for shaving his hair. The blade was the same, the handle was two times longer than the blade made of antelope horn. I saw also this fish style knives there.

Folding knives:
(http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...8&page=4&pp=30)

1st April 2020, 05:57 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	Museum descriptions on ethnic items are frequently a flight of fancy...especially if they are obtained from another nation's museum which was originally donated by one who travels.

7th April 2020, 08:05 AM	#2
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Last year I bought similar knife on flea market in Beijing. The seller told me that her grandfather used the same knife for shaving his hair. The blade was the same, the handle was two times longer than the blade made of antelope horn. I saw also this fish style knives there. Folding knives: (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...8&page=4&pp=30)