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W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company is an American manufacturer of traditional pocket knives, fixed blades/sporting knives, kitchen knives, limited edition commemoratives and collectibles. The company originated in Little Valley, New York , around the turn of the 20th century, before relocating to its current home, Bradford, Pennsylvania , in 1905.
W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co., a maker of knives Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Case knife .
The đàn tranh (Vietnamese: [ɗâːn ʈajŋ̟], 彈 箏) or đàn thập lục [1] is a plucked zither of Vietnam, based on the Chinese guzheng, from which are also derived the Japanese koto, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Mongolian yatga, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen. It has a long soundbox with the steel strings, movable ...
Chữ Nôm (𡨸喃, IPA: [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ nom˧˧]) [5] is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language.It uses Chinese characters to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represented by new characters created using a variety of methods, including phono-semantic compounds. [6]
Hủ tiếu or Hủ tíu is a Vietnamese [3] [2] dish eaten in Vietnam as breakfast. It may be served either as a soup ( hủ tiếu nước ) or dry with no broth ( hủ tiếu khô ). Hủ tiếu became popular in the 1960s in Southern Vietnam , especially in Saigon . [ 4 ]
Chuối nếp nướng is thought to have originated from southern province of Bến Tre, Vietnam; it quickly became the province's specialty and then spread to the south and all over Vietnam. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Over time, the dish has evolved, with each vendor in each regions adding their own unique twists.
It may be considered Vietnam's national card game, and is common in communities where Vietnamese migration has occurred. It is also played in the United States, sometimes under the names Viet Cong , [ 2 ] VC , [ 2 ] Thirteen (which is also the common English name in Australia's Vietnamese migrant community), [ 2 ] Killer , [ 2 ] or 2’s .
The scholar Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (aka Trang Trình, 1491–1585) was said to have used a Hòn non bộ to provide guidance while predicting the fate or destiny of others. [ 8 ] Hòn non bộ , as well as miniature plants and rocks, are mentioned in Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh , a thousand-page book by Nguyễn Du (1766–1820). [ 9 ]