ASIAN PRISON SHIV? Or Just My Wild Imagination?

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by vitry-le-francois, Oct 10, 2023.

  1. vitry-le-francois

    vitry-le-francois Well-Known Member

    Measures about 8 inches long. There are what looks like Asian lettering on one side. I am assuming this was just a blacksmith forging his knife, went to lunch and forgot to finish it? I photographed the mark both ways since one will be upside down :)

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  2. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Curious...but hella crude!
     
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    knives are made like this all the time......
     
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  4. the blacksmith

    the blacksmith Well-Known Member

    As Komo has said, if you go to any renaissance festival, there will be loads of stalls selling knives like this. And like this one, many are made in India or Pakistan etc., they make them for a fraction of the cost of one made here. This one is rather crude in the extreme, and is sort of based on a Viking type knife, usually termed a 'womans knife' in Viking circles.
    This is one of mine, intentionally left a bit crude, but a more true Viking period style, but a bit more refined, hopefully. 010.JPG

    I have seen knife fork and spoon sets, also made in India, with exactly the same handles as the knife in the original post.
     
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  5. silverbell

    silverbell Well-Known Member

    The OP's looks like a flense. :(
     
  6. vitry-le-francois

    vitry-le-francois Well-Known Member

    Awesome! Thanks for the info.

    I'll send it to me uncle, Guido Sarducci Alfonso Morietti Luciano Smith.
    He's serving time in SingAlongQuentin State Prison.
     
  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    u gonna bake in a cake ?:hilarious:
    or smuggle it in .....in a cavity ?:eek::eek::eek:
     
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  8. vitry-le-francois

    vitry-le-francois Well-Known Member


    I'll leave that to YOUR imagination ;)
     
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  9. the blacksmith

    the blacksmith Well-Known Member

    The world is changin' Komo, today it is probably OK to take in the knife, but you'd probably have to smuggle in the cake in case there is a knife or file in it! :rolleyes:
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Changin'......sigh !
     
  11. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I found his mug shot :hilarious:

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  12. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    He looks like one of my Turkish neighbours.:D
     
  13. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    They also sell these in Icelandic gift shops labeled "Viking knives".
     
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