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Originally Posted by VANDOO
WHAT LITTLE I KNOW I GOT FROM POSTS BY THE DHAFIA GUYS AND IN SOME POST THEY AGREED THESE KNIVES OF THAT SIZE WITH FANCY CARVED HANDLES WERE PRIESTS KNIVES. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE JUST A SYMBOL OF OFFICE OR RANK FOR PRIESTS OR IF THEY SERVE A FUNCTION BUT THEY ARE COOL LOOKING. 
PERHAPS OTHER PEOPLE MAY CARRY THEM AS WELL  HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE MORE KNOWLEGABLE WILL GIVE US THE ANSWERS. I HAVE MORE PICTURES OF OTHER EXAMPLES BUT THE FILE SIZE IS TOO LARGE AND I DON'T HAVE SOFTWARE TO DOWNSIZE. |
meed maw: (Thai) blessed or talismanic knife, carried as a protective talisman ("priest knife").
Source:
http://dharesearch.bowditch.us/Gloss...me1Source1.htm