Another Kachin Dao

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by Philip

Hey Bill, you sure got yourself a couple of nice examples (I also saw the pics on your other thread on the same subject). What's especially nice about yours is that they're complete. Lots of times, the scabbards are gone or have lots of the rattan broken or missing.

It's intriguing that these blades often exhibit the characteristic "hairpin" pattern welding that was used by smiths further north and west in Bhutan, and across the Himalayas in Tibet, and also in parts of the Sino-Tibetan borderland. A couple years ago I came across one of these daos which had two "hairpins" side by side. I shoulda kept it.....

Thank you Philip. Always good to hear from you!

The high end dao is from Ashoka Arts - Stefan
http://www.ashokaarts.com/edgedweapons/ew-28.html

The other one is from Artzi
http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=1163

Two of my favorite sellers!