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Old 18th April 2020, 03:02 PM   #1
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Hello dear members,

I've purchased recently a mini dha, real ivory handle and fine silver work at the scabbard, good blade. It's just 15 cm long inside scabbard, 13,5 cm without with a blade from 7,5 cm.
When it arrives I've realized that it isn't the only very small knife in my collection.
I'll share them here in two pictures, from left to right:

A. A very small french navaja with back lock, opened 17 cm
B. A small Faca de Ponta, 18 cm without scabbard
C. A very small dha knife for a woman or child, 13,5 cm
D. A small badik from Java, opened 18 cm
E. A Korean Eunjangdo, opened 12,3 cm, closed 13 cm
F. A small gunong, worked for those who travel but early and good worked,
16 cm without scabbard
G. A small bichak from the Laz people, side knife of a bigger one?, 18,5 cm
H. A jimat keris, Java, without scabbard 17 cm

Enjoy and I hope to see other little knives!
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Old 18th April 2020, 03:12 PM   #2
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Forget this small German nicker made for a boy, 13,4 cm opened.
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Old 18th April 2020, 04:42 PM   #3
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Here are my miniatures of blades; there are 8 pieces in my collection, all made in scale 1/5 by a Hungarian artist in the 1960s. All of them have leather grips and the sheeth of the prima plana husar sabre has also a leather cover. All miniatures have the absolutely correct form - without a reference sword they are hardly to distinguish from an original item.
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Old 18th April 2020, 04:59 PM   #4
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Old 18th April 2020, 11:02 PM   #5
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Hello Tim,
How long is this mini butterfly?

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Old 19th April 2020, 01:36 AM   #6
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Mini siraui (with a bone "blade") next to a normal sized one.

Enjoy!
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Here are my miniatures of blades; there are 8 pieces in my collection, all made in scale 1/5 by a Hungarian artist in the 1960s. All of them have leather grips and the sheeth of the prima plana husar sabre has also a leather cover. All miniatures have the absolutely correct form - without a reference sword they are hardly to distinguish from an original item.
Hello Udo,
I haven't had in mind miniatures (copys) from bigger examples but of course they belong to this thread.
I know that Arjan has worked (or still work?) miniatures from ethnograhic weapons, when I remember correct they have been nice like your examples.
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Old 26th April 2020, 12:25 AM   #8
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Here are some of my
mini knives discussed back in 2011 ...that's 9 years ago!!.....time just flies by.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14590
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Old 26th April 2020, 12:35 AM   #9
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Nice little Chhuri from India
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Nice little Chhuri from India
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Hello Stu,

Never before seen such a little chhuri. And it seems well wored.

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Old 26th April 2020, 09:45 PM   #11
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Never before seen such a little chhuri. And it seems well wored.

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Yes the quality all round is very good. Blade COULD be wootz but I have not etched it. Scabbard is good leather.
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Old 28th April 2020, 10:39 PM   #12
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My miniature jimpul.
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Old 26th March 2022, 12:40 PM   #13
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Default Some minatures

Here are a few more.
No idea what the two small silver ones were made for, they look like broaches but have not got clasps on them and are too small to be effective letter openers. The Cocos Keeling is the smallest I have seen.
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Old 26th March 2022, 02:13 PM   #14
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Can we have a definition of what is a "miniature?" How much does it need to be scaled down to qualify?
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Default 19th Century miniature weapons

made by Granger (Paris) in the 1820 timeframe I think
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made by Granger (Paris) in the 1820 timeframe I think
Can you give us some size indication ?
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the swords range from 6 to 7 inches in length. The daggers are approximately 2 inches.
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