Sold as clown knife but not sure

[anzo1993]

Hello, I have a 13inch clown knife, purchased at about 4 inch but the pattern on its body has never really seemed like all the other clowns I usually see, just curious if anyone had any opinions on my clown knife

 

[anzo1993]

Another pic

 

[tlindsey]

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Yes very unique pattern but absolutely a Clown Knife.

 

[kno4te]

Has the pattern seen on chitala chitala. Maybe ask benzjamin13 .

 

[cockroach]

A beautiful example of a unique pattern.

 

[thefredpit]

very lucky

 

[benzjamin13]

Beautiful Unique pattern on this Chitla Ornata!

 

[anzo1993]

Thank you for the replies, I guess he is a clown knife after all lol

 

[Hendre]

He's just a fabulous clown knife! Nice pickup!
benzjamin13 do C ornata have this big variety in patterns?

 

[benzjamin13]

He's just a fabulous clown knife! Nice pickup!
benzjamin13 do C ornata have this big variety in patterns?

As far as I know, there was a time when C. Ornata were being bred to produce unique flower patterns, but for some odd reason, that trend seems to have come and gone. Maybe there was a genetic defect associated during the line breeding. I've only been seeing normal spotted CKs for the past few years now and even the spottless and golden CKs seems to have vanished.