Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Mahout's knives

[David]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Rajesh,

nothing by this knives let think me that they could be from Indonesia.

Regards,
Detlef

I would agree with Detlef that these do not look like Indonesian knives to me.
I don't know much about the knives that mahouts carry in Sri Lanka, but it seems to me that such a knife for them is more a tool than a weapon. What i find as most common in use amongst mahout is a sickle shaped blade that is used to cut the toe nails of the elephant when they get over grown. In Nepal they refer to this as a "krupa".
The knives shown above might also be used, but i cannot find any mention of them in my brief searches.