Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Handmade Knives from Cibatu


Cibatu handmade knives already known across country for years. Its brand is not represent a Company but a village where the blacksmiths are. Located in a remote village about 70 kilometres from capitol of west Java province, Bandung, in Indonesia. It is a village which has traditional blacksmiths. They are not only produce handmade knives, but also sword, shovel, ‘pacul’, axe, ‘golok’, tools for handyman, capenter, and farmer.

Because of the government regulation on sharp weapon possession, they use to made most of handmade knives for butcher and kicthen tools. They use traditional market distribution for selling the products. They also use traditional salesman whom brought sell them from one village to another.

The handmade knives ussually has ‘cibatu’ engraved on the knives near the handle. Low end customers like the product because cheap, reliable, sharp, and easy to sharpened.

In the village there are also craftsman. These people produce variety of handmade knives for souvenir, such as traditional knives, bayonet, samurai blade, traditional blade, spear, etc. Its products distributed around tourist center, souvenir shops, and even exported across nation.

By ABC Fam

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