Rice knife (Cambodia)
| Rice knife (Cambodia) | |
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| Weapon type: | knife |
| Use: | Weapon, tool |
| Region of origin / author: |
Cambodia , ethnic groups from Cambodia |
| Distribution: | Cambodia |
| Overall length: | about 41 cm |
| Blade length: | about 18 cm, horn 28 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, about 23 cm |
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The Cambodian rice knife , also rice sickle , is a traditional tool , which in Cambodia partly up to the present (2020) in the rice crop is used.
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The Cambodian rice knife has a slightly curved, single-edged blade. The blade is flat, has no hollow grind and no central ridge and is at the place rounded. The blade is attached to a slightly curved wooden shaft. A curved, round piece of horn is attached to the wooden handle together with the blade. This bow is used to hold or bend the rice plants when cutting. The bookletis polished, decorated with brass rings on the handle and the pommel with traditional carvings. When harvesting, the plants are gathered together with the help of the horn arch. The sheaf is fixed by hand. To cut through, the knife is tilted to the side so that the blade can reach behind the sheaf. A forward cut then cuts through the sheaf. The rice knife is traditionally used by the people of Cambodia to harvest rice.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Picture and description at Leif 2, (English, accessed on October 25, 2009) ( Memento from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
