Help identify knife

aspalathos · Yesterday, 09:57 AM

Please any info 36 cm long

Bob A · Yesterday, 04:20 PM

Malay archipelago is as close as I can locate; other more knowledgeable will refine.

Nice carving on the bone hilt. The decoration on the blade is not something I've seen, but reminiscent of the acid-etching of the Mahdi-era Sudan knives with the pseudo-Arabic script. I'm not at all sure that that was the technique used in this example, though.

That's all I've got. Some of it may even be accurate.

RobT · Today, 12:25 AM

aspalathos,

It looks like a fancy Thai e-nep to me.

Sincerely,
RobT

Yesterday, 09:57 AM	#1
aspalathos Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 102	Help identify knife Please any info 36 cm long Attached Images

Today, 12:25 AM	#3
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 565	Thai? aspalathos, It looks like a fancy Thai e-nep to me. Sincerely, RobT

Yesterday, 04:20 PM	#2
Bob A Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 441	Malay archipelago is as close as I can locate; other more knowledgeable will refine. Nice carving on the bone hilt. The decoration on the blade is not something I've seen, but reminiscent of the acid-etching of the Mahdi-era Sudan knives with the pseudo-Arabic script. I'm not at all sure that that was the technique used in this example, though. That's all I've got. Some of it may even be accurate.