Bujo
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | knife |
| Designations: | Buyo |
| Use: | Weapon, tool |
| Region of origin / author: |
Malaysia , ethnic groups from Malaysia |
| Distribution: | Malaysia |
| Overall length: | about 38 cm |
| Blade length: | about 20 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, bone |
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The Bujo ( Malay buyo ) is a knife from Malaysia .
description
The Buyo has a straight, single-edged, slightly bulbous blade. The blade has neither a central ridge nor a hollow grind. It is connected to the hilt with a tang that is narrower than the blade. The booklet is usually made of wood or bone. The buyo is mostly used as a work knife by carpenters and for cutting the betel nut .
literature
- Teodoro A. Llamzon: Handbook of Philippine language groups. Publisher Published for UNESCO by the Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1978, OCLC 4925857 , p. 136.
Web links
Commons : Knife - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 158, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint).