My Heirloom - Modern Dha

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by wilked aka Khun Deng

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I love the scrollwork on those two you got. The scrollwork on the acid etched one is very reminiscent of the tattoos that many of the Thai soldiers wear (protects them in combat) usually received from a Buddhist priest.

Obviously I prefer the stamped work - it looks like Serge has found some real artisans.
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interesting. those two are at least 3 years old, he's mentioned that the smaller bottom one is likely the first one he had made with the full tang and double pinning in 2006. he also mentioned that it would have left the shop in the darker steel with a differential temper line as in the top one.

it's been polished by an expert, the incised scroll work is crisp and not at all rounded. the edges of the main blade also not rounded. one can see where the polisher did it by hand carefully in between each stamped mark. must've taken quite a while .

serge mentioned that one of the decorations on the blade is the makers logo which is horizontal, only a few in april 2006 were done that way and they stopped doing that & returned to making them vertical thereafter . the similar mark on the larger one is also horizontal. i see from yours that he must have had a series of skilled artists on tap over the period since.

[Nathaniel]

LOL, Much laughs Dan as I see you are picking up da local pidgin already, da kine is da kine brah.

Khun daeng darb bpen dee mak mak. Suay mak mak. I really like the ivory carving makes it really unique and it's neat to see the inlaid which I you don't see modernly either. I do admire the repousse metal technique the thai use. Nice motifs worked into the design. I can see this was quite the project to monitor and coordinate. I must say applause to the craftsman and Serge. It is great that they are improving their product with experience in such projects as this.

How long did this take start to finish? What was the timeline?

[Nathaniel]

Also curious what type of wood did was use?