Indonesian knife and shield?

Tim Simmons · 19th February 2006, 04:45 PM

Rob,
Thanks for the interest and help. It is nice to be able to match things IE right sword right shield. I got a Khyber knife on the same forage.
This knife is turning out quite a surprise! on very close inspection one is able to see that it has been forged from an old file. The scoring for the hammered silver wire is on top of the characteristic remnants of a coarse file, the scale pattern can be seen with a +10 loop in patches almost to the tip of the blade. Maybe someone might be able to guess as to whereabouts in India it may have been made? it is certainly the best quality knife I have seen made from a file. Thanks Tim.

19th February 2006, 04:45 PM	#9
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	Rob, Thanks for the interest and help. It is nice to be able to match things IE right sword right shield. I got a Khyber knife on the same forage. This knife is turning out quite a surprise! on very close inspection one is able to see that it has been forged from an old file. The scoring for the hammered silver wire is on top of the characteristic remnants of a coarse file, the scale pattern can be seen with a +10 loop in patches almost to the tip of the blade. Maybe someone might be able to guess as to whereabouts in India it may have been made? it is certainly the best quality knife I have seen made from a file. Thanks Tim.