Anybody seen this knife?

[fencepost]

its 5/16 thick the blade is 3-3/8 long 1-1/2 wide has a nice wood sheath and a single pin holding the handle on
no markings sharp as a razor and has stayed that way with many hours of use

 

[marcinek]

I have now!

Are you looking for an identification or something?

 

[fencepost]

yes, I have never seen anything like it, I was at the flea market, it was 2 rows over in some guys hand as he was looking at it, the second he put it down
I bought it, values not important, I would just like to know if its custom or if its factory and has a specific use.

 

[Alberta Ed]

Looks hand made by someone who knew what he was doing.

 

[whitty]

Any markings at all on it?

 

[fencepost]

Any markings at all on it?

No markings, I was going to remove the handle, but its nice and tight, Ill wait to do that if it ever gets loose

 

[kjd2121]

That is a cleaver and meant for hacking on meat bones.

 

[Daniel Dorn]

I'd call 'hand-made' as well. Looks like it is probably carbon steel, and Boy! is it thick!. Looks like you got yourself a good deal!

Use it, enjoy it, and pass it on to your kids one day.

 

[MI-FZ6]

That is a great looking cleaver!

 

[Bill Siegle]

To my eyes it looks closer to a Japanese design called a Nata. Basically a small hatchet built in a knife style. Only the original maker could say for sure though whether it's a Nata or a cleaver

 

[aaron1972]

Kinda looks like a bigger version of my sheffield england hacking knife. Very cool looking whatever it is.

 

[Lottapp]

To my eyes it looks closer to a Japanese design called a Nata. Basically a small hatchet built in a knife style. Only the original maker could say for sure though whether it's a Nata or a cleaver

Looks japanese to me also. Probably marked on the tang.

 

[Lottapp]

Also has a single mekugi style pin setup only made of metal

 

[Lottapp]

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Notice the mekugi style pin. This is just a manufactured one.

 

[fsatsil]

Looks like a smaller version of a Japanese hatchet

 

[fsatsil]

To my eyes it looks closer to a Japanese design called a Nata. Basically a small hatchet built in a knife style. Only the original maker could say for sure though whether it's a Nata or a cleaver

I was thinking it looked like a Nata as well but it's quite a bit shorter and thicker then any that I've seen.

 

[fencepost]

With guidance from this forum and Google what I
found is its a Japanese Nata for Ikebana, I was able to
find a coulpe exsamples, so only 2 out of the whole google
universe, the oods are it could be something else but I
think Nata is a good call, and since its unmarked most likly
generic

 

[fencepost]

Looks japanese to me also. Probably marked on the tang.

Removed the handle, no marking on the tang either.

 

[EricV]

Definitely looks like a Nata. I'm thinking its been rehandled based on the ricasso fit.

 

[EChoil]

Nice. Keep it. :thumbup: