Reposting

A pair of knives I bought in the Golden Triangle of Northern Thailand from some "Burmese" hill tribe ladies, selling stuff on the side of the road.

Hand made traditional knives for the hill tribe warrior. The large one a fighting knife, a very substantial leaf shaped blade and very sharp. Plus a smaller working knife.

The grips are water buffalo horn.

After a reasonable length of haggling I settled with the lady on a price and purchased the knife. She then said to me - "You very beautiful man!"

I reckon I was on a good thing there, but .... unfortunately she resembled a little bit like a troll

so I decided to forgo, the implicit invitation!

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