Formosa/Taiwan, dodgy pic gamble

[yuanzhumin]

Hi Tim,
Don't be too hard on yourself !
Sometimes it pays to gamble.
Anyway, this knife is interesting in some ways as it is also becoming a rarity. In fact, they are not made anymore. They are of the kind that were sold to the american troops stationed in Taiwan, in the fifties and sixties. By themselves, they are already some collectibles !
And some museums are also listing this kind of knives in their collection, thinking wrongly that they are the good ones. See my first pic. It is the pic of a knife seriously referenced in the archives of the anthropology department of an american museum (did they also buy it on Ebay ?).
To add to the collection of "new" or "fake", depending on how you want to call them, I attached also a pic from another of these 'tourist' fusion knives from the fifties. This one, I also bought it on Ebay... knowing in advance it was a fake. As I said, this kind of knife is becoming a rarity
Best,
yuanzhumin