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Pendita65 26th February 2026 10:17 PM

Piha Kaetta
 
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Hi,

I bought this knife in a lot of Indonesian weapons but I am not sure if this is an Indonesian knife or a Piha Kaetta from Ceylon/ Sri Lanka.

Any info is welcome.

Regards, Martin

I am sorry the pictures ain’t very good but they were downloaded from the auction house.

Regards, Martin.

Sajen 26th February 2026 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pendita65 (Post 302378)
I bought this knife in a lot of Indonesian weapons but I am not sure if this is an Indonesian knife or a Piha Kaetta from Ceylon/ Sri Lanka.

Any info is welcome.

I am sorry the pictures ain’t very good but they were downloaded from the auction house.

Hi Martin,

It's in my humble opinion a Sri Lankan knife and belongs to the Phia family. If it's a Piha Kaetta I don't know, there are several different knives in this family.

Regards,
Detlef

Pendita65 26th February 2026 10:56 PM

Thank you Detlef,

Also got a Dua Lalan next week I will pick them up and will share it here.

Regards, Martin

Sajen 27th February 2026 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Sajen (Post 302379)
It's in my humble opinion a Sri Lankan knife and belongs to the Phia family. If it's a Piha Kaetta I don't know, there are several different knives in this family.

It could be also a Mahout dagger called "kirichchiya" from Sri Lanka, see here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=mahout

Pendita65 27th February 2026 12:11 PM

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Thank you so much Detlef, and I will visit Peter soon to show the knife to him. The knife is a by catch for the Dua Lalan I wanted.

Sajen 27th February 2026 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Pendita65 (Post 302392)
Thank you so much Detlef, and I will visit Peter soon to show the knife to him. The knife is a by catch for the Dua Lalan I wanted.

There could be missing something at the hilt from your Sri Lankan knife, I am unsure.
Please show us the dua lalan in an extra thread or in the dua lalan thread! ;)

Regards,
Detlef

Pendita65 27th February 2026 06:09 PM

Hi Detlef,

I am not sure will see it when I pick it up Wednesday.

Regards, Martin


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