Sino-vietnamese fighting knife

Ren Ren · 7th October 2024, 10:47 PM

This type of knife is associated with the Zhuang people on the Chinese Internet. The Nong people of Vietnam are known for their blacksmithing skills. In China, the Nong are considered an ethnic group within the Zhuang people. During the Sino-French War of 1884-85, the Nong/Zhuang actively fought on the side of Chinese proxies - the Black Flags and others, and after the war they were involved in cross-border crime, racketeering, robbery, kidnapping and trafficking in women.
At auctions, these knives are often labeled as "river pirate knives", but this is only partly true. In fact, the French called all organized gangs of criminals in Northern Vietnam "pirates".
In their shape and design, Nong/Zhuang knives are similar to the knives of the Chinese from the southern coastal provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang. They are distinguished by a rough finish and a common ornament in the form of circles with a dot in the center. Also, their handles are often made of horn, while Chinese handles were more often made of wood.

7th October 2024, 10:47 PM	#6
Ren Ren Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 374	This type of knife is associated with the Zhuang people on the Chinese Internet. The Nong people of Vietnam are known for their blacksmithing skills. In China, the Nong are considered an ethnic group within the Zhuang people. During the Sino-French War of 1884-85, the Nong/Zhuang actively fought on the side of Chinese proxies - the Black Flags and others, and after the war they were involved in cross-border crime, racketeering, robbery, kidnapping and trafficking in women. At auctions, these knives are often labeled as "river pirate knives", but this is only partly true. In fact, the French called all organized gangs of criminals in Northern Vietnam "pirates". In their shape and design, Nong/Zhuang knives are similar to the knives of the Chinese from the southern coastal provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang. They are distinguished by a rough finish and a common ornament in the form of circles with a dot in the center. Also, their handles are often made of horn, while Chinese handles were more often made of wood.