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I have about 6 really fine (not fancy) knives from Thailand that are about 40 years old in the range of 9 -11" long. Very thick at the handle end but well tapered. All are convex "grind", though they were forged that way. Who had grinders back then? Heavy but balanced and OMG sharp. A few are Hmong or Yao (Hmien) hill tribe blades, a couple Thai blades like short swords. Elegant, useful, handy, whatever you want to call them. Very useful for a knock-about survival knife.
Knife on the left is a Yao knife from northern Thailand, with wooden scabbard. $5. On the right is a Thai farmer knife made by one of my clients when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Northeast Thailand. It was a going-away gift from a 70 year old blacksmith. Car or truck spring steel, charcoal forges and a lot of hard hand work. These two have not been used
This pic below, on the left, about a $2 knife with a nice tropical hardwood handle and deluxe water pipe sheath. On the right, a free and old blade/wood sheath. I have another new one just like it made by that old blacksmith, with rattan bands on the sheath. They all handle. slice and dice like you wouldn't believe. Hundreds upon hundreds of years experience shows what works.
Knife on the left is a Yao knife from northern Thailand, with wooden scabbard. $5. On the right is a Thai farmer knife made by one of my clients when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Northeast Thailand. It was a going-away gift from a 70 year old blacksmith. Car or truck spring steel, charcoal forges and a lot of hard hand work. These two have not been used
This pic below, on the left, about a $2 knife with a nice tropical hardwood handle and deluxe water pipe sheath. On the right, a free and old blade/wood sheath. I have another new one just like it made by that old blacksmith, with rattan bands on the sheath. They all handle. slice and dice like you wouldn't believe. Hundreds upon hundreds of years experience shows what works.