Thai "sapatda" machete?

[Haze]

That is just a common urban myth/legend, I think perhaps it hapened to one guy once and then, boom you have motorcycle knife gangs all over BKK. We have the very same thing here in Taiwan with the "water melon knife gangs".

The fella in the red shirt was payed to be there like +90% of the rest of them that were there, he is not a "redshirt" in a political sense, he's was just hired to take up space and preserve disorder. To avoid dragging any more of the politics into this thread I'll leave it at that.

That's just verified by my wife whose Thai. She also said it has a sinister rep as it sort of became a fad weapon amongst the shadier crowd mainly in the 90's and proceeded to tell me that they were known for guys wielding them while riding in motorcycles. Basically it got alot of news/airtime back then but not so much anymore though.

The fella passionately wielding it is with the red political party. The red/yellow parties cause alot of riots/turmoil in and around Bangkok.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

It gets more and more interesting!

 

[Goosey]

We have the very same thing here in Taiwan with the "water melon knife gangs".

A water melon knife gang?

Like so?

 

[aranyik]

You'll likely find more hits using the Thai name spelled in Thai:

มีดซาบาต้า - [meetsabatda]

It carries more meaning in regards to a 'fighting knife' than any traditional pattern or purpose.

 

[Goosey]

You'll likely find more hits using the Thai name spelled in Thai:

มีดซาบาต้า - [meetsabatda]

It carries more meaning in regards to a 'fighting knife' than any traditional pattern or purpose.

Thanks a ton! that's just the keyword!

 

[aranyik]

Thanks a ton! that's just the keyword!

No Problems, You can also find under the other name that was mentioned: มีดสปาต้า - [meetspata], as in Spartacus, this is a more of a catch-all for any and all fighting knives.

Also if you really want to know about Spatda, check out Demon Warriors (American Release Title); Opapatika. [Thai Release Title, โอปปาติก] in specific the fight scene at minute 13.