Sharper than an Indian sword

Gavin Nugent · 26th July 2010, 04:30 PM

Nice Jens,

I was recently offered three very fine ivory and inlayed steel examples of these. They are quite beautiful and seem to be found all through SEA.

I have heard of many applications for these knives from simple utensils to carpet weavers knives and scribes knives. They have aslo been discussed at length in these pages...just can't put my finger on the thread and whilst for examples such as these the scribes piece seems correct in my eyes, with your research have you found actual documentation pertaining to their use, I ask as I would like to ID the use and put the guessing to bed for ever.

Gav

26th July 2010, 04:30 PM	#2
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Nice Nice Jens, I was recently offered three very fine ivory and inlayed steel examples of these. They are quite beautiful and seem to be found all through SEA. I have heard of many applications for these knives from simple utensils to carpet weavers knives and scribes knives. They have aslo been discussed at length in these pages...just can't put my finger on the thread and whilst for examples such as these the scribes piece seems correct in my eyes, with your research have you found actual documentation pertaining to their use, I ask as I would like to ID the use and put the guessing to bed for ever. Gav