Japanese Kwaiken?

[estcrh]

Fyi, there is not a lot of information available about kwaiken, Wikipedia has an article with all the basic information and references.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiken_(dagger)

A kwaiken is just a small blade in a basic mount with very little or no fittings.

[kronckew]

estcrh, that looks like a yari spearpoint mounted as a dagger. what i'd call a tombak/lading terus if it were indonesian. like this:

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by kronckew

estcrh, that looks like a yari spearpoint mounted as a dagger. what i'd call a tombak/lading terus if it were indonesian. like this:

Yes they are very similar, the mounts are in the kwaiken style, there is no set rule as to the blade type of a kwaiken.