Knives

Teddy Sutadi Kardin pendiri perusahaan dengan nama T. Kardin Pisau Indonesia merupakan seorang Sarjana Teknik Geologi Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar sampai dengan Sarjana dilalui di kota Bandung yang juga merupakan kota kelahirannya. Bagi seorang yang menekuni bidang Eksplorasi, pisau menjadi kebutuhan penting untuk penjelajahan alam. Ditambah lagi dengan aktifitasnya sebagai seorang pencinta alam WANADRI yaitu Perhimpunan Penempuh Rimba dan Pendaki Gunung yang sangat terkenal di Indonesia bahkan ke Mancanegara.

Kecintaan dengan alam sudah terlihat semenjak kecil, lahir di Bandung Utara yang berbukit dan dikungkungi deretan gunung menjadi tempat bermain sekaligus ajang menempa diri. Berkelana di hutan, berburu atau camping merupakan kegiatan yang sering dilakukan.

Sebagai seorang Geolog, mulai dari tahun 1976 sudah menjelajahi Nusantara untuk melakukan Penelitian Geologi terutama ekplorasi minyak bumi dan sudah bekerja untuk perusahaan minyak seperti Pertamina, Elf Aquitane Indonesia, Mobil Oil, Huffco Brantas, Humpuss Patragas dll.

Dalam setiap kegiatan tersebut diatas Teddy Kardin selalu ditemani oleh sebilah pisau dan pisau yang dikagumi diantaranya adalah Buffalo Skinner dan pisau Bowie yang sangat melegenda karena James Bowie seorang petualang yang tewas di Benteng Alamo Texas karena keberaniannya berkelahi sambil menghunuskan belati panjang, ditulis dalam sejarah dengan bagus dan heroik sehingga dikenal sampai sekarang dengan Bowie Knife – nya.

Dari latar belakang kecintaan terhadap pisau tersebut Teddy Kardin mencoba merintis pendirian bengkel pisau buatan tangan yang berada di Bandung. Pada awal tahun 1990 mencoba untuk serius menekuni pembuatan pisau. Dengan kerja keras dan eksperimen yang tiada henti-hentinya berusaha untuk membuat pisau dengan kualitas tinggi. Hasil kerja keras tersebut tidak sia-sia, dalam waktu beberapa tahun Pisau produksi Teddy Kardin dikenal luas oleh pencinta Pisau dan mendapat pengakuan terutama kualitas, ketajaman, kekuatan, keindahan dan kerapihan keterampilan karyawannya. Saat ini bengkel Teddy Kardin telah memiliki 40 (empat puluh) orang karyawan yang mampu memproduksi ± 300 bilah pisau dalam 1 bulan. Pisau-pisau yang diproduksi antara lain Survival knife, Skinner, Kukri, Commando, Special Force, Hunting Knife, Golok, Katana, Pisau Dapur, termasuk pisau-pisau tradisional seperti Kujang, Badik, Rencong, Mandau dan lain sebagainya. Bahan baku untuk pembuatan Pisau yang digunakan saat ini yaitu: O1, D2, 440C, ATS-34 sandar AISI (American Iron and Steel Institute) serta baja Damascus yang sudah dikenal luas oleh Pencinta Pisau.

A initial attempt exploring the origin of the Nepalese Kukri/Khukuri knife which has been made famous by the Gurkhas over the last two centuries.

I try to trace it back in history following the main theories that exist. Originally written in 2006-2007.

In this article we will learn more about various Khukuri knifes that have a close relationship to the 8th Gurkha (Gorkha) Rifles, raised in 1824.

This article examines Khukuri (Kukri) knifes which have a strong connection to the 8th Gurkha Rifles (8 GR) due to being marked, stamped or otherwise directly linked to the regiment, the Shiny eight, which is one of the highest decorated Gurkha regiments, winning four VC´s in less than 60 years.  Along with the 5 th GR they won more VC´s than any other Gurkha Regiments.

The article briefly examines the Official Standard Issue Pattern, Battalion Issue and Kothimora Khukuri´s as used from the early days of the regiment till 1947.

The Bowie has come a long way from its initial days when it resembled a Spanish hunting knife and differed little from a common butcher knife. The first known Bowie knife reveals a strong Mediterranean influence, especially in its shape which is very much like the traditional Spanish folding knife that used to be carried by immigrants to Mexico and other territories of the Old Southwest.

From summary:
"Readers are invited to the first of its kind fundamental research of the popular duels. Basing on the voluminous factual material, the author examines the tradition of knife fights in Europe and America, rituals and codes of honor associated with these duels. This fascinating narration will be interesting not only to the fans of the history of martial arts, weapons historians, cultural scientists or ethnologists, but also to the wide range of readers".

Scientific, peer-reviewed edition. Scientific reviewer of the book:

Author of "History of the Scythians", laureate of State Award, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of World History BSPU, Vyacheslav Murzin.

This book is an interdisciplinary study and is written on the border of several disciplines: social history, cultural studies, cultural anthropology and weapons history, and divided into 13 chapters:

Chapter I. Flamenco with navaja: duels with knives in Spain
Chapter II.  Stilettos and bel canto: duels with knives in Italy
Chapter III. The brutal tango of pampa: duels with knives in Argentina
Chapter IV. Cold glitter of the “Snickers”: duels with knives in Holland
Chapter V. Southern desperado: duels with knives in USA
Chapter VI. This is Härmä: duels with knives in Finland and Scandinavia
Chapter VII. Blood and honour of Hellas: duels with knives in Greece
Chapter VIII. Apaches of the Belle Epoque: duels with knives in France
Chapter IX. Duels for taking out:  Export of the knife culture
Chapter X. Steel sardines of Rio: duels with cut-throat razors
Chapter XI. Scarface: scarification in dueling cultures
Chapter XII. A knife in the garter: women's duels
Chapter XIII. Devil's quit rent of the sea: knifing of seamen

Two editions:  1st - 2013, 2nd - 2017.

This paper focuses on the area of the so-called East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface in the 2 nd millennium BCE, as defined by Penelope A. Mountjoy, who subdivided the East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface into the Upper (more Anatolian) and Lower one (more Minoan/Mycenaean). This contribution aims to approach the Interface as an entity in its own right, based on a closer typological assessment of the bronze finds such as swords, spearheads, razors, axes and arrowheads. It examines how different/unique they are and what their meaning was in the wide spectrum of the life of their users. An important aspect is also the fact that, whereas in the Lower Interface most finds come from burial contexts, the Upper part has not yielded that many cemeteries and most finds are known from settlements. Metal finds show various influences and are therefore important for the understanding of inter-cultural connections in the region and the formation of local cultures. The scientific discourse on the Interface has principally moved from the concept of " Minoan " and " Mycenaean " colonies towards the local communities emulating various trends in the Aegean and actively approaching the incoming stimuli. Abstract Keywords Aegean Bronze Age East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface metal finds sword razor spearhead

Ausgehend von einem neuen Fund eines Messers mit bärenkopfförmigen Ziernieten aus Meiningen in Süd thüringen konnten insgesamt 25 derartige Messer aus neun europäischen Ländern zusammengetragen werden (Liste 1). Deren Herstellungszeitraum lässt sich auf grund datierter Griffknäufe aus Dänemark (1523), Richters wil (1523) und Meiningen (1531) mindestens auf den Zeitraum 1523– 1531 festlegen. Aufgrund der sonstigen mit Jahreszahlen versehenen Griffknäufe an Messern (z. B. jenes aus Arguel, Liste 2. 16) ohne erhaltene hölzerne Griffschalen und überlieferte Zierniete sowie Metalldetektorfunden von einzelnen Griffknäufen (Liste 2, 3), kann der mögliche Herstellungszeitraum auf 1521–1539 erweitert werden.
Eine gewisse Konzentration von Messern mit drei bärenkopfförmigen Ziernieten pro Griffseite (Variante 1) in der Schweiz und dem östlichen Frankreich (insgesamt sieben von 14 Exemplaren) und die Tatsache, dass die gleichschenklig-trapezoiden Griffknäufe mit eingepunzter Jahreszahl ebenfalls gehäuft in dieser Region Europas als gesicherte Bodenfunde auftreten (sieben von 16 Griffknäufen, s. Liste 2), lässt eine Herstellung in der Schweiz möglich erscheinen. Bern mit seinem bekannten Wappentier als möglichen Produktionsort für Messer mit bärenkopfförmigen Ziernieten zu erwägen, wäre ein verlockender Gedanke.
Alle finnischen, schwedischen und die Lübecker Messer gleichen einander in Form und Verzierungsweise sehr und grenzen sich als eigene Variante von den übrigen Messern ab. Sie entstammen vermutlich einer weiteren Herstellungsregion, vermutlich im Ostseeraum, deren genauer Produktionsort sich bislang nicht näher ein grenzen lässt. Wenngleich die Zierniete in identischer Art und Weise wie bei den Messern der Variante 1 ausgeführt sind, unterscheiden sich diese zehn Messer durch die stets vierfache Anzahl bärenkopfförmiger Zierniete je Griffseite, die ausschließliche Verwendung kleeblattförmiger Griffknäufe (s. Liste 5), welche fast nur im Nord- und Ostseeraum bekannt sind, sowie durch das Fehlen der linearen Drahteinlagen entlang der Griffschalenlängsseite. Das Messer der Variante 3 aus Livada in Slowenien ist bislang ohne Vergleiche, zeigt aber auf, dass bärenkopfförmige Zierniete als Dekor auch auf anderen Messertypen Verwendung finden konnten.
Der genaue Ursprung der außergewöhnlichen Griffverzierungen mit bärenkopfförmigen Ziernieten und das zeitliche Verhältnis der beiden Werkstattkreise und ihrer jeweiligen Produktionszeiträume zueinander lässt sich aufgrund fehlender Datierungen an den Messern aus dem Ostseeraum nicht abschließend klären.

The material culture of the so-called Eastern Aegean-Western Anatolian Interface during the Late Bronze Age has so far been analysed mainly through the prism of ceramic production and funerary evidence. Both of these classes of evidence indicate its special character. To test this proposition, this contribution focuses on a group of possibly indigenous metal finds. In particular, discussed here is the so-called Siana Group of flanged swords and knives with a characteristic narrow tang at the end of the handle. ey were first categorised by Nancy Sandars in 1963 and show an interesting mixture of Aegean and Near Eastern typological traits. Both the Siana swords and the Siana knives occur almost exclusively in the Eastern Aegean-Western Anatolian Interface, although some of the knives have been found also outside this particular region. e Siana Group, originally dated to LH IIIB-IIIC, can now be more securely dated to the LH IIIA2-IIIB periods. It seems that most of these metals came from graves, while some knives were retrieved from settlement contexts as well. It is argued here that this group presents a unique local product of the area of the Eastern Aegean-Western Anatolian Interface, incorporating and transforming both Aegean and Near Eastern infl uences. Moreover, other examples of earlier or contemporary Western Anatolian fi nds of swords that have shapes that did not typically occur in the Aegean are presented here as well, as they illustrate the local background of weapon styles the LH II/III turn in the area.

ENG
Knives-daggers represent one of the most spectacular and highly specialised Migration Period weapon forms
in the south-eastern region of the Baltic Sea Basin : in the territory of modern West Lithuania and in the Kaliningrad
region of Russia (former territory of the Sambian-Natangian culture). Current research project results
show that the old hypotheses about knives-daggers and shoulder straps (baltei Vidgiriai), which until now
were believed to form a functional complex, as well as about the former owners of these artefacts should be
drastically revised (at least in case of the former Sambian-Natangian culture area). It has become possible to
develop a classifi cation of knives-daggers with several major types and their variants; it has been also shown,
that baltei Vidgiriai were used already at the end of the Late Roman Period and thus appear to be older than
the “classical” knives-daggers. Traditional views of the graves with knives-daggers, as per defi nitionem rich
burials of professional warriors with a high social status, found no evidence in the examined archaeological
material. The results testify that knives-daggers were a common weapon of free members of the communities
of the Sambian-Natangian culture.

RU
Ножи-кинжалы – одна из наиболее необычных и узкоспециализированных форм вооружения эпохи
Великого переселения народов в юго-восточной части бассейна Балтийского моря: на территории
современной Западной Литвы и Калининградской обл. РФ (ареал самбийско-натангийской
культуры). Результаты настоящего исследования указывают на то, что получившие в литературе
последних лет распространение гипотезы в отношении ножей-кинжалов и перевязей (baltei Vidgiriai),
предположительно формировавших в древности функциональный комплекс, а также в отношении владельцев этих
артефактов, должны быть кардинально пересмотрены, по крайней мере, для ареала рассматриваемой
культуры. В рамках проекта удалось выделить несколько основных типов ножей-кинжалов и их
варианты; одновременно было показано, что baltei Vidgiriai использовали уже в конце поздней
фазы эпохи Римского влияния и тем самым ранее появления “классических” ножей-кинжалов.
Сложившиеся представления о комплексах с ножами-кинжалами как о per definitionem богатых
погребениях профессиональных воинов аллохтонного этнокультурного происхождения с высоким
социальным статусом не нашли подтверждения в изученном археологическом материале. Результаты
свидетельствуют о том, что ножи-кинжалы были распространенным оружием свободных членов
общин самбийско-натангийской культуры.

Bagratid Armenia (884/886 –1045/1064) was a decentralized state in South Caucasus region. Located at the frontier between Byzantine Empire and the Muslim world, Armenia became an object of encroachment for these Empires but, on the other hand, adopted the best examples of military sphere from both sides, creating its own military culture.
The aim of this presentation is to analyze what type of short cold weapons (knives or daggers?) are presented on the Armenian figurative sources (9th–11th c.) and how they looked at that time.
Unfortunately, Armenian written sources do not give us any information about physical properties or size of the knives/daggers in Medieval Armenia (դանակ, դաշույն, նրան, խանջալ etc.). In addition, most archaeological artefacts of weapons from Bagratid era were unpublished or poorly researched and were dated too broadly (9–13 c.). In Soviet times, few historians and archaeologists (Valentina Abrahamyan, Babken Arakelyan, Aram Kalantaryan and others) published separate archaeological findings from Ani, Dvin, Garni, Anberd, etc. Unfortunately, almost all of these pictures were redrawn only from one side (not photocopied!) without any information about measure, the material of these artefacts etc.
The problem of our study is also related to the methodology of research – what is the difference between knife and dagger? Armenian historian Arman Kalantarian suggests some criteria in order to distinguish between knives and daggers: daggers are much longer than knives; they had longer hilt and wider two-edged blade. Also, sometimes they could have a small cross-guard (approx. 2 cm.). The problem is that almost all finds of blades from Armenia are short (up to 10–14 cm.) and the hilts of the knives are only a few centimetres shorter than the blades (pic. 6, 8). So that makes us think that, in fact, difference between knifes and daggers were not in lengths but in the presence of certain physical characteristics (two-edged blade, availability of cross-guard or wider blade). So, probably it is better to use the term “battle knife” instead of “dagger” in its classical meaning. An example of such a knife could be the archaeological find from Bulgaria (pic. 7).
Taking into account this information we would like to draw attention to the Armenian miniatures. On picture 1–2 we see the scene “Sacrifice of Abraham”, where Abraham is holding the knife in his right hand trying to kill Isaac (pic. 1–2). Such a scene was popular in Christian art of that time. For example, we found a similar depiction of Abraham with the knife in the Byzantine Homilies of St. Gregory of Nazianzus (pic. 3). Please note that on these miniatures the length of the blade is almost similar to the length of the hilt (perhaps the blade was a little bit longer).
However, analyzing reliefs from Aghtamar Church (pic. 4–5) we see two hunters holding in an unusual way “long knives” making a piercing attack. Especially it’s good to see on the pic. 5, where the hilt of the “knife” is twice as long as the palms. Moreover, the lengths of hilts are almost equal to the lengths of blade. Does this mean that it could be a dagger? Taking into account the abovementioned facts we think that it could be schematically a depiction of the battle knives, because we do not know the archaeological find of long daggers. Also, equal lengths of hilt and blade make them similar to archaeological finds of abovementioned battle knives (pic. 6–8).

We think that in medieval Armenia there existed two types of “short cold weapons” – an ordinary knife and a battle knife/short dagger(?). Please note, that we cannot name them “daggers” in the classical meaning, because it will not be in proportion to classical Armenian daggers (e.g. from Ancient times), where the length of the blade could be 40 cm, and hilt – 10 cm. The battle knife/dagger was a weapon of personal protection, popular among different social groups of people which was used for hunting or during battle. It was short, because of the expensive production of such weapons and lack of the high-quality iron. However, it was most often used on the battlefield when a warrior lost his main weapon (sword, mace, spear etc.). Also, even an ordinary one-edged knife could become a weapon but its properties were worse than the ones of a battle knife, which could be two-edged with a wide blade.

Poster presentation at the conference "Turning Points. European Arms and Armour from the Migration Period to the early Modern Period". Sanok 2019.

Svitavy groove, Polička municipality (Pardubice region in Eastern Bohemia) is not a traditional residential area. Yet we encounter rare prehistoric findings here, the numerical increase of which is related to the increasing use of detection techniques in recent years. Identified artifacts mainly date to the Bronze Age and Roman Period and illustrate the communication importance of the given region.

Teddy Sutadi Kardin pendiri perusahaan dengan nama T. Kardin Pisau Indonesia merupakan seorang Sarjana Teknik Geologi Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar sampai dengan Sarjana dilalui di kota Bandung yang juga merupakan kota kelahirannya. Bagi seorang yang menekuni bidang Eksplorasi, pisau menjadi kebutuhan penting untuk penjelajahan alam. Ditambah lagi dengan aktifitasnya sebagai seorang pencinta alam WANADRI yaitu Perhimpunan Penempuh Rimba dan Pendaki Gunung yang sangat terkenal di Indonesia bahkan ke Mancanegara.

Kecintaan dengan alam sudah terlihat semenjak kecil, lahir di Bandung Utara yang berbukit dan dikungkungi deretan gunung menjadi tempat bermain sekaligus ajang menempa diri. Berkelana di hutan, berburu atau camping merupakan kegiatan yang sering dilakukan.

Sebagai seorang Geolog, mulai dari tahun 1976 sudah menjelajahi Nusantara untuk melakukan Penelitian Geologi terutama ekplorasi minyak bumi dan sudah bekerja untuk perusahaan minyak seperti Pertamina, Elf Aquitane Indonesia, Mobil Oil, Huffco Brantas, Humpuss Patragas dll.

Dalam setiap kegiatan tersebut diatas Teddy Kardin selalu ditemani oleh sebilah pisau dan pisau yang dikagumi diantaranya adalah Buffalo Skinner dan pisau Bowie yang sangat melegenda karena James Bowie seorang petualang yang tewas di Benteng Alamo Texas karena keberaniannya berkelahi sambil menghunuskan belati panjang, ditulis dalam sejarah dengan bagus dan heroik sehingga dikenal sampai sekarang dengan Bowie Knife – nya.

Dari latar belakang kecintaan terhadap pisau tersebut Teddy Kardin mencoba merintis pendirian bengkel pisau buatan tangan yang berada di Bandung. Pada awal tahun 1990 mencoba untuk serius menekuni pembuatan pisau. Dengan kerja keras dan eksperimen yang tiada henti-hentinya berusaha untuk membuat pisau dengan kualitas tinggi. Hasil kerja keras tersebut tidak sia-sia, dalam waktu beberapa tahun Pisau produksi Teddy Kardin dikenal luas oleh pencinta Pisau dan mendapat pengakuan terutama kualitas, ketajaman, kekuatan, keindahan dan kerapihan keterampilan karyawannya. Saat ini bengkel Teddy Kardin telah memiliki 40 (empat puluh) orang karyawan yang mampu memproduksi ± 300 bilah pisau dalam 1 bulan. Pisau-pisau yang diproduksi antara lain Survival knife, Skinner, Kukri, Commando, Special Force, Hunting Knife, Golok, Katana, Pisau Dapur, termasuk pisau-pisau tradisional seperti Kujang, Badik, Rencong, Mandau dan lain sebagainya. Bahan baku untuk pembuatan Pisau yang digunakan saat ini yaitu: O1, D2, 440C, ATS-34 sandar AISI (American Iron and Steel Institute) serta baja Damascus yang sudah dikenal luas oleh Pencinta Pisau.

Northeast of the Štěnec village (Pardubice region) on a promontory of the Vraclavský Ridge there is a hillfort at the “Kozí nožka” site, about which until now only very little was known. Surface survey yielded a small collection of pottery and iron objects which attest that the locality has been occupied in the high medieval period, probably at the same place where once was an early medieval hillfort.

This article – written entirely in Swedish – presents a newly identified knife fragment from Roma parish on Gotland, Sweden. It was once part of the cast-on copper-alloy handle of a Viking-period knife of a particular subtype – a so-called Bird-head knife. Such knives are distinguished by terminals in the shape of plastic bird-of-prey heads in Ringerike style. Eight complete such knives have hitherto been recovered within the borders of present-day Sweden – and identified as such. The majority have been found in the cultural deposits of Early-medieval Sigtuna, but occasionally, knives have also been recovered from contemporary burials.

The Gotlandic fragment is indisputably a part of a Bird-head knife, but it is impossible to determine whether that knife was fully functional or dismissed as miscast. It was found in 1990 during metal-detector survey close to the area where the highest political and judicial assembly of Gotland in the Viking- and medieval-period - the Gutnal Thing – is presumed to have met. However, there is nothing that connect the piece to the Thing. It rather constitutes a piece of scrap metal intended for re-melting on a local farm. Since other knives of the type have been found in contexts which can be dated to the latter part of the 12th century its presence does, together with 12th century coins, help to establish that the presumed farm quite possibly existed up until or beyond the next phase in area’s history – the 1160’s AD, when a Cistercian abbey was founded just 500 m to the west of it.

The Zítkov castle (Pardubice Region, Czech Republic) near Choceň was investigated by means of metal detection in 2007–2011. The research was led by the archaeologist of the Regional Museum in Vysoké Mýto and focused on surface layers endangered by the illicit use of the metal detecting technology. The collection of finds illustrates life in the castle, mainly in the later 14th century and the early 15th century when the castle was besieged. Traces of unknown activities from the 13th century were detected as well.

SENJATA TRADISIONAL DAERAH KHUSUS IBUKOTA JAKARTA
Sunarti, et al

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The paper clarifies how cross-dating, applied to the study of rock art, beyond its usual and consolidated use for dating
engravings, can provide useful information for the chrono-typological studies of artifacts whose knowledge is limited to a few
specimens. The case study refers to the Introbio type knives, known in the Alpine and Cisalpine areas in only seven specimens,
both in associations dating to LT D2 (50-25 BC), and in non-dating contexts; they are instead well attested in the rock engravings
of the Valcamonica. The attribution of most of the engravings to the phase IV 4 allows the circulation of the type to be extended to
the entire first century BC, making it clear that the attestations in dating associations record the final phase of circulation and its exit
from use.

From the surroundings of the Late Bronze Age fortified settlement in the cadastral area of
Kladky (Olomouc region, Czech Republic) near the old sunken lanes, a small collection of objects dating
from the Early Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period was discovered. Due to their wide chronological
range, artefacts are most likely related to traffic on these roads that are no longer in use.

The article presents the results from trial trenching carried out at five hilltop settlements in the hills that stretch along the Sava river eastwards of Ljubljana. Findings from the field, material artifacts and chronological classifications of the settlements are put forth. Ajdovščina above Zaboršt pri Dolu was temporarily settled during the Late Bronze and Early and Late Iron Ages. Fibulae and Roman coins attest that Ajdovščina was also visited during Roman times. Gradišče above Dešen was first settled during the Copper Age. The Iron Age brought about the erection of a defence wall that provided shelter later during the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages as well. Settlement at Sitarjevec above Litija and Pančičev vrh below Javor during the Early Iron Age is probable; characteristic pottery finds bespeak the presence of populations at both settlements during the Late La Tène, which is also when the settlement at Gradišca near Jelše was settled.

Keywords: Slovenia, Posavje hills, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Late Iron Age, Roman period, Late Antiquity, Early Middle Ages, hilltop settlements, defence walls, pottery, bronze finds, iron finds, fibulae, axes, buttons, coins, knives, sheath plates

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