Three VERY INTERESTING Burmese Spears

Battara · 23rd January 2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlesS

Don't get too excited Battara, it's a very low grade silver, but makes sense for this sort of use. I'd imagine that sheets of better silver would be in shreds on these. You can even see a few places where the silver sleeves have been repaired with an overlapping sleeve of 1-4 inches. One spear has three such places.

Well not surprising. Often done since precious metals are expensive (and insanely so now with gold above $1300/oz!).

CharlesS · 23rd January 2011, 06:39 PM

I think that knife like blades are found on some Chinese pole arms, but I am not 100% sure.

Certainly the one in the center is more of what we might expect from Burma or Thailand. That spearhead is scary, razor sharp.

23rd January 2011, 06:39 PM	#2
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	I think that knife like blades are found on some Chinese pole arms, but I am not 100% sure. Certainly the one in the center is more of what we might expect from Burma or Thailand. That spearhead is scary, razor sharp.