Sino-vietnamese fighting knife (late 19th – early 20th century)

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1. Esejy-Van-Ervech 7 hours ago

   Snatched this sino-vietnamese fighting knife for 10€ at the flea market this weekend! I’m pretty happy it, since I didn’t have one of those in my collection yet, and especially for that price!

   It’s a long, heavy knife, with a very thick spine and slightly hollow ground blade. Polish is pretty rough, don’t know if it was always that way though. The grip is made of bone, with brass pommel and guard.

   I read that those were used by the black flag army, which would make sense since I found it in France (the black flag army fought the French during the sino-french war 1884-1885).

2. callmestinkingwind 6 hours ago

   not knocking it, but that’s one of those things where if i found it in an old lady’s silverware drawer i don’t think it would stand out.

3. Global_Sloth 3 hours ago

   fighting knife with no guard, gonna be some sliced fingers for sure

   very interesting design for sure, thanks for sharing