Pihas / Pihakaettas - cousin of the khukuri?

beoram · Nov 30, 2002

Have a dekko at this site:

http://www.pihakaetta.com/

Do these knives not remind you of a khukuri?

I wonder if one could trace any sort of regional (Indian subcont.) development of such similar knives back to some 'proto-knife'..

Bill Martino · Nov 30, 2002

Interesting and nice looking old stuff but they don't remind me of a khukuri. Thanks for link.

not2sharp · Nov 30, 2002

The older ones were massive knives. Not as large as khukuries but with very heavy blades up to 1/2" thick at the spine.

n2s

beoram · Nov 30, 2002

Don't you think the blade shape is khukuri-esque? Some of them have a more pronounced 'reverse-sabre' curve.

not2sharp · Nov 30, 2002

Do these knives not remind you of a khukuri?

I thought they looked a bit like a Pen's khukuri knife
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218855&highlight=piha

There are any number of heavy traditional knives. I would not go so far as to claim a shared path of development. It is probably more of a form and function thing; where distincts development leads to similar solutions to address similar tasks.

n2s

Ferrous Wheel · Nov 30, 2002

seaxes...keith

Dave K · Nov 30, 2002

Looks kinda halfway between a khuk and a seax to me.

Over on swordforums William "Tinker" Pierce was saying that some people are beginning to feel that the khukuri and the seax share a common ancestry from the falcata, and are in fact related.

Cousins, if you will...

-Dave

Federico · Dec 1, 2002

mmmm piha khaeta's. Dunno about the khuk link, since the blade design is somewhat universal in practicality for choping blades, however there's something about piha khaeta's that are just real amazing to me. Then again, Ive always loved guady weaponry.

stephensee · Dec 1, 2002

Eh! eh! eh! He make me laugh!

not2sharp · Dec 1, 2002

stephensee,

I guess some fashions of dress do fall permanently out of favor.

Middleage six foot plus tall guys with ragged beards should not be seen in public in gigantic diapers unless accompanied by comely scantly clad 20 something year old women. In which case, why would you notice the old guy in the diaper?

n2s

Bill Martino · Dec 1, 2002

Good logic n2s.

Ferrous Wheel · Dec 1, 2002

'Over on swordforums William "Tinker" Pierce was saying that some people are beginning to feel that the khukuri and the seax share a common ancestry from the falcata'

Agreed. All heavy single slash/chop blades in europe and the Med most likely came from the falcatta. Origins place it at perhaps 700-1400 B.C.E. Greeks and Romans used it, And before them the Etruscans. after that, the Celt-Iberians picked it up, and then on to the rest of europe...

Keith