Anglo-Indian Knives

A. G. Maisey · 27th January 2018, 10:45 AM

Jon, I regret that I have been unable to make the objective of my questioning clear, so I will try again:-

I am not in the smallest degree interested in which of the knives shown in this thread is "best".

I am not interested in attempting to promote nor to establish any method to be used in appraisal of these or any other knives.

I am only interested in the way in which the experienced collectors who decided that the post #6 knife was better than all the others reached that decision.

In fact, the two experienced people who gave the original judgement that the post #6 knife was better than all the others have already responded to my question, and in their own ways have provided very clear indications of the way in which they think.

One other gentleman gave a measured and reasoned response, and I appreciate that addition to the discussion.

My interest was in the way in which people think, my interest was not at all in the knives themselves.

As for the way in which I appraise a keris, that is a very difference game to appraising a knife such as those shown in this thread. In fact, this is far too broad a subject to be dealt with in this thread. If you care to open a thread on this subject in the Keris Forum, I am fairly confident that you will get input not only from myself, but from other people as well.

27th January 2018, 10:45 AM	#27
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,019	Jon, I regret that I have been unable to make the objective of my questioning clear, so I will try again:- I am not in the smallest degree interested in which of the knives shown in this thread is "best". I am not interested in attempting to promote nor to establish any method to be used in appraisal of these or any other knives. I am only interested in the way in which the experienced collectors who decided that the post #6 knife was better than all the others reached that decision. In fact, the two experienced people who gave the original judgement that the post #6 knife was better than all the others have already responded to my question, and in their own ways have provided very clear indications of the way in which they think. One other gentleman gave a measured and reasoned response, and I appreciate that addition to the discussion. My interest was in the way in which people think, my interest was not at all in the knives themselves. As for the way in which I appraise a keris, that is a very difference game to appraising a knife such as those shown in this thread. In fact, this is far too broad a subject to be dealt with in this thread. If you care to open a thread on this subject in the Keris Forum, I am fairly confident that you will get input not only from myself, but from other people as well.