Unknown Small Ring-Pommeled Knife

laEspadaAncha · 18th February 2012, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew

Chinese. I bet it was originally a longer blade.

Do you think the blade had a different profile as well, or do you think it was the same shape but only longer?

David R · 19th February 2012, 10:37 PM

It might be Japanese, and an example of a throwing dagger of the above name.

laEspadaAncha · 20th February 2012, 12:40 AM

Hi David,

Thanks for that... I never would have considered Japan, but a little hunting returned plenty of examples a similarly-formed Japanese throwing knife: the Kunai.

nalan1978 · 20th February 2012, 05:18 AM

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