where is this from ?

[paddytray]

any clues as to this knifes origins

[Captain]

Not seeing Photos at the mo.

[hughtrimble]

Picture fine my end. But rather small - any chance of some close-ups of the carving on the sheath?

Also, any ideas as to what it was handled with before?

[Danzo]

No pics here......





Danzo

[hughtrimble]

Ahh, it's a Bushcraft UK link, hence why some can see it and others can't. Upload to photobucket or flickr or some other image hosting site paddytray, rather than using a secondary link.

[Longtime]

Looks like the same blade shape as some piha kaetta (Sri Lanka / Ceylon) i have seen. The sheath looks a little basic though as they are often quite intricate?

Good luck!

[hughtrimble]

Here it is, hopefully for all to see - hope you don't mind paddytray:

That's as big as I could get it on flickr

[paddytray]

hope thats better ill take more soon as poss

[paddytray]

the handle had the same twinned grass like decoration and also engraved . it was very dark wood but age the woodland growing over it had turnt the wood brittle . it got smashed in a house move . I think it had a mans face carved into the handle but this was when i was a child and a only just remember.

[paddytray]

http://s1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ay1/?start=all
hope this helps sorry im new to all this

[blacklacrau]

A mandau blade from Borneo. Dayak people.

[parbajtor]

Interesting, symbols look a bit like sanskrit.
Looks like it was edge quenched.
Can't help more than that

[paddytray]

thanks guys thats really interesting . how it got left in a woods in hampshire 17 years ago I'll never know just glad i found it

[george]

A mandau blade from Borneo. Dayak people.

I agree - see here: http://www.my-rainforest-adventures....-from-sarawak/

George