Thai blades in Chiang Mai museum

Nathaniel · 22nd September 2012, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by CharlesS

These are the equivalent of two-handed broadswords and I believe they are referred to as 'darb sri gun chai', but I cannot make an exact translation...we need Nathaniel here!

Hey Charles, Not sure.

I've heard these called Daab Sri, but I'm not sure of the meaning...and had not heard before of the Daab Sri Gun Chai. I'm sure it could be just a longer form of the name. Srigunchai, might be the name, ie one word that was just broken up into the syllables to make it easier in Romanized form to pronounce.

lordkoos · 8th November 2012, 08:49 AM

Hi guys, sorry to be tardy with the replies on this thread... there was little info about these in the museum, just a small tag in Thai, which I could not read. I took a couple of other discreet pictures of some of the Buddhist art but no other swords, the couple of other knives they had on display were pretty typical/nothing special.

PUFF · 3rd December 2012, 10:37 AM

Dahb Sri (sword of good fortune) or Dahb Chai (sword of victory), Lanna, influenced by Chainese Dao.
May also called Dahb Ngao in modern day.
Dahb Sri is shorten from Dahb Sri Khan Chai (aks Khan Chai Sri) which is mythical sword in many Buddhism cultures.
This type of sword is for martial-ceremonial purpose. They mostly come in pair, held by foot soldiers who stand next to a horse riding lord/general in troop formation. Sorry for I cant find the pic at this moment.

8th November 2012, 08:49 AM	#2
lordkoos Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 22	Hi guys, sorry to be tardy with the replies on this thread... there was little info about these in the museum, just a small tag in Thai, which I could not read. I took a couple of other discreet pictures of some of the Buddhist art but no other swords, the couple of other knives they had on display were pretty typical/nothing special.

3rd December 2012, 10:37 AM	#3
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	Dahb Sri (sword of good fortune) or Dahb Chai (sword of victory), Lanna, influenced by Chainese Dao. May also called Dahb Ngao in modern day. Dahb Sri is shorten from Dahb Sri Khan Chai (aks Khan Chai Sri) which is mythical sword in many Buddhism cultures. This type of sword is for martial-ceremonial purpose. They mostly come in pair, held by foot soldiers who stand next to a horse riding lord/general in troop formation. Sorry for I cant find the pic at this moment.