|
|
|
31st May 2015, 12:44 AM
|
#1 |
|
Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 420
|
Burmese Dah?
I picked this very simple piece up today for a very modest price. Best guesses on origin?
|
|
|
|
31st May 2015, 01:25 AM
|
#2 |
|
Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 420
|
Little sister
I have had this smaller one in nicer condition for a while.
|
|
|
|
|
31st May 2015, 02:28 AM
|
#3 |
|
Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
Posts: 4,518
|
Hi Marcus:
These are from northern Thailand, mostly second half of the 20th C. Quite a few found their way back here with GIs who had served in Vietnam. One of our Classic Threads has quite a lot of information about them: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001291.html Ian. |
|
|
|
|
31st May 2015, 04:46 PM
|
#4 |
|
Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
Posts: 4,259
|
the pointy scabbard as opposed to a square cut tip usually points to thailand. just to be perverse, a square/rounded tip may not conversely point to burmah.
|
|
|
|
|
14th June 2015, 12:57 AM
|
#5 |
|
Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 1,725
|
The handle on the smaller example is mounted upside-down. I wouldn't necessarily spend much time or effort correcting it on one of these, but if you intend to display or keep it as a late 20th century example of the type, you may want to...
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
