A spanish-mexican type large bowie knife ?

[werecow]

Interesting how much that blade resembles a short version of a klewang.

[Marius66]

Thank you for your messages
Milandro and Werecow !

I agree with Werecow, there is something VOC colonies in the blade shape,
hilt looks more Mexican as Milandro says...

I will receive it friday I hope,
I could send better pictures of the stamp and of the blade

Kind regards

[milandro]

the clip point and the fuller do look similar and I have been also thinking that I had seen the pommel on some Indonesian made weapon , I think that the key to identify is in the identification of the punch stamped mark.

Please make a beter picture or ask for one


IF this is Indonesian made then it is probably Tjikeroe






if you look though this thread

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=Tjikeroeh


You will find some similarities

[Interested Party]

Originally Posted by milandro

the clip point and the fuller do look similar and I have been also thinking that I had seen the pommel on some Indonesian made weapon , I think that the key to identify is in the identification of the punch stamped mark.

Shaver cool?
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ool#post282150

I think Mexican may be the correct answer. A clearer picture of the stamp could help.

[werecow]

I don't know how to date these as I focus mainly on swords, but staying in the Americas for a moment, could it have been influenced by the American adoption of the klewang during WWII perhaps?

[milandro]

if these knives are Mexican they are most likely to be influenced by the Bowie itself .

After all James Bowie died at Alamo!

[gp]

forget Bowie...talking Mexico... Zapata is the man
( and as we all are speculating......why not perhaps could it not be influenced by Austrian / Habsburgian cold arms...thinking of Maximilian I of Mexico )