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8th April 2010, 10:21 AM
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Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand
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For this type of tang (push tang), you may use a piece of wood as hilt with a pipe clamp as a secure ferrule.
Some of makers here use this temporary hilt for checking their blade performance and balance.  The hilt were later replaced with the real one.  The recurved knives in Nathaniel's comment are Siamese, C17-C18. They were called Dao Ngum (recurved Dao sword). This might give you a hint of their Chinese origin  . By the way, Dao and Dahb are interchangeable Siamese terms for backsword.
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9th April 2010, 09:00 AM
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Very pretty blade Atlantia. I'm so glad you polished and etched it. The "soul" of the blade is now visible.
Steve |
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9th April 2010, 09:19 AM
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beautiful
You've done very nicely for this blade. If you make it a handle and sheath it will be happy; ready to live.
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9th April 2010, 08:39 PM
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LOL, we're an exclusive club you know! Assigning emotion to these blades. I completely agree, once it has a handle it'll be happy! Cheers Gene |
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9th April 2010, 08:36 PM
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Thanks very much!  LOL, we speak the same language I think! Regards Gene |
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9th April 2010, 08:31 PM
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Thanks for your help  Thats a great way to size the handle perfectly, thanks. Can you help with any more information about the blade that I have? Regards Gene |
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