Unknown South East Asian knife for comment

Sajen · 26th February 2026, 05:17 PM

Hello Alan,

Like yourself I know next to nothing about the knife in question, so I started this thread to let it discussed here and to get more informations, Peter, David and Séverin give their guesses and Peter was going by the crown bolster and I guess that the other both also going by the laminated blade, the kembang kacang and the double star bolster and stated that a possible origin could be Sumatra. And frankly said I displayed it with my other North Sumatran blades at my wall after these comments.
I never before have seen a similar handle style, short of this the knife in the picture in #13 pop up with a few other blades by a German auction, I won this auction but the small auction house wanted for shipping inside Germany 110,- Euro (!!) I wasn't willing to pay so I never paid the bill and I never got the lot. Finally I received yesterday from a good friend of mine an email with the knife shown in #12. This knife was sold by a Thai collector on a local collectors market. My friend contacted this Thai man and asked about my knife, the answer I have posted, nothing more. I am far away from accepting the given origin but I have given his answer for discussion as another possible origin. This Thai man stated also: "the blade comes in various shapes" and in laminated steel and as well in non-laminated steel.
I never stated based on a single opinion or statement that the knife in question is indeed a Southern Thai knife but until I have a clear proof of the exact origin I take his statement as a possible origin, his statement has the same worth as the other opinions, a clear proof of the origin was no one able to give until now.

Regards,
Detlef

26th February 2026, 05:17 PM	#21
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,597	Hello Alan, Like yourself I know next to nothing about the knife in question, so I started this thread to let it discussed here and to get more informations, Peter, David and Séverin give their guesses and Peter was going by the crown bolster and I guess that the other both also going by the laminated blade, the kembang kacang and the double star bolster and stated that a possible origin could be Sumatra. And frankly said I displayed it with my other North Sumatran blades at my wall after these comments. I never before have seen a similar handle style, short of this the knife in the picture in #13 pop up with a few other blades by a German auction, I won this auction but the small auction house wanted for shipping inside Germany 110,- Euro (!!) I wasn't willing to pay so I never paid the bill and I never got the lot. Finally I received yesterday from a good friend of mine an email with the knife shown in #12. This knife was sold by a Thai collector on a local collectors market. My friend contacted this Thai man and asked about my knife, the answer I have posted, nothing more. I am far away from accepting the given origin but I have given his answer for discussion as another possible origin. This Thai man stated also: "the blade comes in various shapes" and in laminated steel and as well in non-laminated steel. I never stated based on a single opinion or statement that the knife in question is indeed a Southern Thai knife but until I have a clear proof of the exact origin I take his statement as a possible origin, his statement has the same worth as the other opinions, a clear proof of the origin was no one able to give until now. Regards, Detlef