Posted 10 years ago
Strumin
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I have had this since I was young (58 now) and have searched for something like it many times. Do you have any idea what it is? Overall length in case approx 18" - Knife only approx 16".
Thanks for you time
This overall style of knife comes from Africa and all over the islands of Southeast Asia and Micronesia. Every culture and region has its own variety; there are probably hundreds of them. Very many "tribal" knives were brought back after WWII by GIs who served in the Philippines and surrounding areas so that's a more likely origin than Africa but also, there were small newsprint catalogues available during the 1950s & '60s that sold primitive weapons from all over the world. I don't have a specialty book on this subject but there is probably one out there as well as web sites with numerous examples.