Help identify knife

[aspalathos]

Please any info 36 cm long

[Bob A]

Malay archipelago is as close as I can locate; other more knowledgeable will refine.

Nice carving on the bone hilt. The decoration on the blade is not something I've seen, but reminiscent of the acid-etching of the Mahdi-era Sudan knives with the pseudo-Arabic script. I'm not at all sure that that was the technique used in this example, though.

That's all I've got. Some of it may even be accurate.

[RobT]

aspalathos,

It looks like a fancy Thai e-nep to me.

Sincerely,
RobT

[Sajen]

Looks like a monk Thai Mit/Meed Mor knife, Southern Thai, North Malay or even Southern Cambodia. Somewhat unusual knife since there isn't a prayer pictured. My best guess! ;)

[aspalathos]

Malay archipelago is as close as I can locate; other more knowledgeable will refine.

Nice carving on the bone hilt. The decoration on the blade is not something I've seen, but reminiscent of the acid-etching of the Mahdi-era Sudan knives with the pseudo-Arabic script. I'm not at all sure that that was the technique used in this example, though.

That's all I've got. Some of it may even be accurate.

Hi,tnx. Decoration on the blade is made of silver

[Sajen]

Decoration on the blade is made of silver


Sorry, I strongly doubt it! ;)

[aspalathos]

Sorry, I strongly doubt it! ;)

Well maybe you are right , but it looks that way to me, the decoration is embossed...applied to the blade

[Battara]

The blade decorations were acid etched.

[Sajen]

The blade decorations were acid etched.

Exactly! No silver involved! ;)

[aspalathos]

Exactly! No silver involved! ;)

Well 2:1 then probably you are right :) .

[Bob A]

Putting aside matters of dress, the blade profile is rather reminiscent of the rencong. Not congruent, but seemingly related.

[A. G. Maisey]

The fretwork is reminiscent of the rondha found in keris and other Indonesian weapons, the acid etching is common in various blades produced in East Jawa & along the North Coast of Jawa, the carved hilt could be from any number of places, including East Jawa, the form of the hilt pommel is a similar style to base of Javanese display shafts.

I have never seen anything that is overall the same as this knife, but it does have a number of characteristics that remind me very strongly of the items that were marketed through Pasar Turi in Surabaya in years past.