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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 19:52:01 GMT
I just bought a sword over the weekend. Like it, but neither I nor the guy selling it could recognize it. It was a screaming deal, so I bought it and figured I would parse it out on my own time. It looks to be Asian, maybe Chinese with an ox tail blade (I think?). No more than 50 years old I would guess, probably much less. Hand made for sure with wood handle and sheath, simple lacquer. Very simple and traditional. There is a hand carved inscription and some notches on the back of the blade, plus what looks to be an inlaid bit of copper or brass. ![]() ![]() ![]() Does anyone recognize it? Know where it might come from? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 20:16:14 GMT
PS: Does anyone know how to post a picture to these threads?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 20:19:11 GMT
Click the reply button, then click the icon that looks like a picture. Sandwich the link for the picture in between the little IMG boxes. Voila
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 20:20:23 GMT
I don't see anything.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 21:49:50 GMT
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Post by sicheah on Aug 24, 2009 21:51:04 GMT
That is a Thai Dha Or it could be a Burmese Dha lol, my hunch would be a Thai Dha.  Edit:Might wanna check this out: www.cozun.com/Hope this helps |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 22:15:43 GMT
Totally! A Dha. I had a hunch it was Laotian, but it just didn't look right. That explains it. I know nothing about this sword but I am excited to learn. Thank you very much.
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Post by sicheah on Aug 24, 2009 23:12:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 13:25:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 13:28:17 GMT
erikvance, you right-click on the pic you want to show, select "View Image" Copy the address in the address bar when all you have is the image Paste that address to your reply box put " ![]() " before the address and "[/img]" after it. (leave out the quotes, of course) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 15:02:08 GMT
It's longer but the blade shape reminds me of an older windlass eastern barbarian sword I used to have.just click on the pic to make it bigger  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 16:07:38 GMT
Neat sword, How did you come across it?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2009 2:41:13 GMT
SWEET, HOW DOES IT HANDLE?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2009 13:38:58 GMT
sweet blade.what did you pay for it?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2009 14:25:01 GMT
What're the dimensions? I bought a sword much like that one on eBay a few years back...it was marketed as a dha I think...looks a lot like that one there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2009 5:14:29 GMT
This is Thai Dha (or Daab ) but it did not came from Aranyik (which is the sword maker center from the old capital Ayotaya ). The alphabets on the base of the blade are Thai Alphabet pronunced "Solmee" it is sound like a male name but I could not recognize it as a Thai name ,The smith may came from Cambodia or Laos but stamp his name with Thai alphabet. I read some where that the two S stamp sometime was indicator that the sword are mean for tourist but this sword's lack of decoration indicated otherwise. The ratio between the blade and handle indicated that this is a large size sword which we called Daab Yai (yai mean big in Thai ) . The tang appear to be what they called rat tail tang which is tradition mean of attach the sword and grip .
You should rent the Thai movie called " Bang Rajan " they accurately depicted the ancient way of fighting with this dha (mud , blood ,shirtless , shoeless and all ) . This is a nice dha with character.
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