Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Unusual, Attractive Burmese Knife/Chopper

CharlesS · 28th November 2015, 09:16 PM

I have since learned from a source who prefers not to write on this forum, that the blade is actually likely a English made carving knife set with a Burmese hilt. Likely this piece was part of a set and would have included at least a large matching fork and perhaps more pieces. The thick bolster matches those seen on similar English blade types.

This was not at all the explanation I was expecting, but makes perfect sense as the Brits included Burma within their empire. I am sure there were many colonials there that would have been impressed by the artistic quality of these hilts.

28th November 2015, 09:16 PM	#3
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,855	I have since learned from a source who prefers not to write on this forum, that the blade is actually likely a English made carving knife set with a Burmese hilt. Likely this piece was part of a set and would have included at least a large matching fork and perhaps more pieces. The thick bolster matches those seen on similar English blade types. This was not at all the explanation I was expecting, but makes perfect sense as the Brits included Burma within their empire. I am sure there were many colonials there that would have been impressed by the artistic quality of these hilts.