Chak De! India

[Jack Black]

Made in India, in 1942

 

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Seems to me I should have a saber from India around here somewhere. The sort we used to mail-order from the margins of magazines.

 

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Found it.
The saber may have been sold as genuine military issue.
The Viking is low end repro, but I think it would work.
The Medici and the Musketeer are by Modern Museum Replicas, and cost my predecessor at least ten times the $25 each I paid his widow.

Not much native subcontinental culture here I fear, but here's what the tang of the saber says.

 

[The Zieg]

Chak de! India (Let’s go India!)

I am from India, my user name is a combination of my American name Jeremy, and my Indian name Bhola - proud of both!

When GEC released the 23 in Exotic India Bone, that was the first I’d heard of it (I was also quite new to collecting traditional knives). I had to have one. Then came the 36.

I know GEC has made some other frames with those covers, albeit some may have been special runs? I’d love to see them!

Also to be included, any “India themed” knife whether it be India bone, India stag, made in India, it has an elephant on it (not to exclude the other 36’s), Tiger eye acrylic, India Knife Works … etc. Any traditional or fixed blade (I believe knives in India are mostly fixed blades and daggers, not traditional folders).

Note: I personally also include Indian Paint Brush. While I presume this is not referring to India… it says “Indian” not Native American. So, this will also include those beautiful Northwoods Indian River Jacks, and anything else ‘Indian’. If anyone knows whether or not these are actually an India reference and not Native American.. let me know too!

I don’t know how much volume we’re talking here so hopefully there are a few responses as I’d love to see some Indian knives!

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Jerbhola89 Oops, only the rifle is made in India, 1942, not the bayonet, which is England. Still, it's well made and one of my most accurate!!

Zieg

 

[Jerbhola89]

Made in India, in 1942

Very interesting knife Jack! Is that a can opener?

 

[Jerbhola89]

Found it.
The saber may have been sold as genuine military issue.
The Viking is low end repro, but I think it would work.
The Medici and the Musketeer are by Modern Museum Replicas, and cost my predecessor at least ten times the $25 each I paid his widow.

Not much native subcontinental culture here I fear, but here's what the tang of the saber says.

Very cool collection Jer. And it sounds like you got it for an absolute bargain too! Unfortunately I don’t know anything other than English so I’m no help with the script.

 

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Very cool collection Jer. And it sounds like you got it for an absolute bargain too! Unfortunately I don’t know anything other than English so I’m no help with the script.

I have a Sanskrit primer around here somewhere. Maybe I can figure it out.

 

[Jack Black]

Very interesting knife Jack! Is that a can opener?

Thank you, it is a can opener (more precisely a tin-opener). The knife is the Indian-made version of the British Army Clasp Knife of WW2. There was a whole thread about military issue clasp knives, but most of the photos have been lost from it over the years, and it's very out of date now