Knife from the Maldives

Mark · 7th December 2005, 08:07 PM

You can get a bend like that by trying to pry something with the tip of the knife (like the lid of a paint can or a chocolate tin), especially if you try and bend it back the same way. How soft is the metal of the blade? If it is fairly hard, I would be wrong, as the tip would have snapped off rather than bent.

I have to say that it does look pretty deliberate, though. The very tip has been brought exactly into line again with the spine, for example.

Rick · 7th December 2005, 08:37 PM

And if you hold an edge of paper against each side of the blade the uneven taper becomes more apparent .
Pretty strange though I will admit .

MABAGANI · 7th December 2005, 10:26 PM

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Justin · 8th December 2005, 02:41 PM

If it was bent in order to accomplish a task, say writing on leaves or openening shellfish ,I would think that it would make more sense to have a tool specially made for the purpose rather than having an ivory hilted side knife with a bent tip that would be difficult to sharpen.{purely my opinion}

This goes to show how little we know about some of these things and I definately think that some more research is in order.

7th December 2005, 10:26 PM	#3
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7th December 2005, 08:07 PM	#1
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	You can get a bend like that by trying to pry something with the tip of the knife (like the lid of a paint can or a chocolate tin), especially if you try and bend it back the same way. How soft is the metal of the blade? If it is fairly hard, I would be wrong, as the tip would have snapped off rather than bent. I have to say that it does look pretty deliberate, though. The very tip has been brought exactly into line again with the spine, for example.

7th December 2005, 08:37 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	And if you hold an edge of paper against each side of the blade the uneven taper becomes more apparent . Pretty strange though I will admit .

8th December 2005, 02:41 PM	#4
Justin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 182	If it was bent in order to accomplish a task, say writing on leaves or openening shellfish ,I would think that it would make more sense to have a tool specially made for the purpose rather than having an ivory hilted side knife with a bent tip that would be difficult to sharpen.{purely my opinion} This goes to show how little we know about some of these things and I definately think that some more research is in order.