Asian (or Indian??) billhook

fearn · 19th April 2012, 04:34 AM

Does the arrow mean, "this edge towards target?"

Billman · 21st April 2012, 09:41 AM

Coorg would go well with my thoughts of Kerala - both in south west India... Handles get replaced over time - you would not imagine that even on a European billhook the variation in shapes, so I would concentrate on the blade shape and detail to identify it...

kronckew · 21st April 2012, 02:59 PM

i love the inbuilt instruction manual

how many of the intended users tried sharpening & cutting with the other side, i wonder, to prompt that, and gold inlay to boot.

19th April 2012, 04:34 AM	#1
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Does the arrow mean, "this edge towards target?"

21st April 2012, 09:41 AM	#2
Billman Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 129	Coorg would go well with my thoughts of Kerala - both in south west India... Handles get replaced over time - you would not imagine that even on a European billhook the variation in shapes, so I would concentrate on the blade shape and detail to identify it...

21st April 2012, 02:59 PM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	i love the inbuilt instruction manual how many of the intended users tried sharpening & cutting with the other side, i wonder, to prompt that, and gold inlay to boot.