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|  13th August 2025, 04:20 PM | #1 | 
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			Malay archipelago is as close as I can locate; other more knowledgeable will refine. Nice carving on the bone hilt. The decoration on the blade is not something I've seen, but reminiscent of the acid-etching of the Mahdi-era Sudan knives with the pseudo-Arabic script. I'm not at all sure that that was the technique used in this example, though. That's all I've got. Some of it may even be accurate. | 
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|  14th August 2025, 12:25 AM | #2 | 
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			aspalathos, It looks like a fancy Thai e-nep to me. Sincerely, RobT | 
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|  14th August 2025, 06:11 AM | #3 | 
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			Looks like a monk Thai Mit/Meed Mor knife, Southern Thai, North Malay or even Southern Cambodia. Somewhat unusual knife since there isn't a prayer pictured. My best guess!    Last edited by Sajen; 14th August 2025 at 10:45 PM. | 
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|  15th August 2025, 03:55 PM | #5 | 
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|  16th August 2025, 03:36 AM | #7 | 
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			The blade decorations were acid etched.
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|  16th August 2025, 09:16 AM | #8 | 
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