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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2007 16:56:40 GMT
Please see me latest ebay purchase. Although i love production swords, my heart will always be with historic militaria. This second world war era dha cost me £50 (or approx $100).. IHe also had another dha for sale for about $400. It was full samrit (which is a gold, copper and bronze alloy i think) and it was stunning. Gutted i missed out on it, but this baby will do...might have to change the sickly green / yellow cord though
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2007 17:01:15 GMT
paul mate, do you think it might be worth having a sub forum for all historic / non-production swords? theres some cracking NCO swords from WW1 or earlier on ebay and can be had for around $300, let alone some of the asian swords you can buy, i understand that this forum is for production swords though so no problem if you dont think its a good idea...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2007 23:49:32 GMT
100 clams! That's awesome! I'd go with a dark burgundy cord (olive drab would look cool too). You gonna do a write up on it when it arrives? As far as non-production (or non-current production) military stuff, I don't think there's any rule that you can't discuss them in the Post Renaissance and Military section. True, the main intent is to discuss affordable currently produced repros, but I think historical versions would be okay too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2007 2:07:41 GMT
Antique military swords were production swords--but most have long since been discontinued. There are a good number of antique swords that fall in the sub-$300 category, but they are, as Krieg points out, post Renaissance and military swords.
carlitobrigante, great find!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2007 14:29:45 GMT
im really getting into dha's / darb's. Each one is completely unique and the more ornate ones are stunning pieces of art, they put this work horse dha to shame...some great sites which show loads of pics of what im talking about, heres one of the best home.comcast.net/~jtcrosby/Dha.html check some of these beautys out!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2007 14:32:19 GMT
oh and krieg yes i will do a review. ive bought loads of swords this month, all of which are on route to me as we speak, ive bought a hanwei dadao war sword, a cold steel grosse messer, and 2 tanto's from ebay plus this baby. Will review them all as soon as they arrive...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2007 15:04:12 GMT
Car, You need to pick up a Banshee. Look around and you can get it for 100 shipped. Awesome cutter, and looks very much like Dha. CAS makes them under the Paul Chen series. Like the pickup, good buy!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2007 17:13:18 GMT
yeah i like the look of the banshee. was a toss up between the banshee and the dadao, dadao only won because it was cheaper...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2007 23:26:07 GMT
I think you'll really like the Dadao. It's a lot of fun! I recently pulled it out for some cutting, and I noticed that I was mistaken about the edge in my initial review. I originally thought that the blade was flat ground clear down to the edge, so I thought the edge wasn't going to be very durable. I don't know why it took me so long, but I finally noticed (by feel, as you can't really see it with the naked eye) that the blade is flat ground to within maybe 3 or 4mm of the edge, and then the edge is actually convex ground from there, so it should be far more durable than I gave it credit for in my review. In fact, the only damage so far is a tiny, tiny chip in the edge near the very tip from a hit on a plastic bottle neck (notoriously tough). By tiny, I mean maybe 1mm wide and .5mm deep. It'll be a breeze to sanpaper and polish out, I've just never got around to it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2007 0:04:41 GMT
Car, also, the geometry of the blades on these babies makes them much more forgiving when you chop, instead of making a good slice. Will this one hang or cut? If it is a cutter, you will be surprised at what it will cut.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2007 4:35:54 GMT
What exactly is that? lol I want to learn alot about it because I just won one off of Ebay . The guy claimed that he old man brought it back from WWII.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2007 16:50:15 GMT
I think it is an indian design, as in eastern india. It is shaped very much like a katana, but has a little more blade mass, and alot more near the tip. This gives it an almost machete like cutting ability. I haven't seen one with a tsuba, or guard.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 2:59:18 GMT
It actually reminds me of a naginata sans the shaft. You could probably turn it into one without much trouble. Good find! It looks like it's in great condition.
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Post by randomnobody on Nov 4, 2007 3:04:29 GMT
Now that you mention it, they do resemble a naginata-turned-sword... I did once do a little research on them, but I forget what the devil I learned. If I recall, it's mostly southeast Asian, and does indeed seem to incorporate many traits from other established weapons like the katana, dao, et cetera...but I'm probably wrong. The only dha I have is an old replica, DLO (dha-like object), that my grandfather's new wife found in her attic, allegedly brought back by her son from Vietnam. Piece of crap, but a decent display. I'd kill for one of these: www.valiantco.com/world/DhaDam.JPGThat's Valiant Co.'s Burmese Dha, "damascus." It's been sold out since I found it, and no price listed. See more info here: www.valiantco.com/world1.html (at the bottom, right column) Not saying that's a good example of dha, but it's certainly a gorgeous interpretation.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2007 15:52:06 GMT
What exactly is that? lol I want to learn alot about it because I just won one off of Ebay . The guy claimed that he old man brought it back from WWII. they are called dha (or dah, daab, darb or dai dao) and come from thailand and (mostly) Burma. Basically no 2 are the same check this website dharesearch.bowditch.us/ - go to bottom of site and click on sword index, some amazing swords there) theres always the odd couple on ebay and they seem to go fairly cheap. Not a big collectors market for them compared to the Japanese blades so you can get a bargain, ive got another 2 on the way
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2007 15:52:54 GMT
oh and that valiant dha is stunning!
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Post by randomnobody on Nov 26, 2007 19:26:30 GMT
Isn't it? I should email them for re-stock and price estimates...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2007 22:28:53 GMT
check this out for a stunning dha. was offered one identical to it for £250 ($500) and I didnt follow it up. I missed out big time there....
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Post by randomnobody on Nov 26, 2007 22:41:08 GMT
Wow, that is nice. What were you thinking, not getting it? Turn in your card by close of business tomorrow. I shot Valiant Co. an email asking about a few of their currently out-of-stock products, including their Dha. Last time I bought from them (my damascus bosnian knife I've mentioned here on a few occasions) they were pretty good about correspondence.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2007 22:55:38 GMT
ye i was dumb. was still very much a novice with antiques then though (still am !) and wasnt sure if i was getting a good deal. Later i find out its worth approx $1000 and I could of have it for $550-600...oh well you live and learn...amazingly it got no bids on ebay when listed for £250 (might have even been £200 i cant remember) and thats the price of a good production blade plus postage for a uk collector..
ive almost made a complete switch to antiques from production sword collecting. The main reason is the price. To import a good gen 2 sword would cost me round about $300 in total. I can buy an antique officers sword with scabbard for that much. Hell for the price of a good angus trim or albion sword you can get some amazing authentic gunto mounted Japanese blades..
so for a little bit more you not only get a genuine sword / antique but it will only gain in value over time. Just seems to make sense to me. Although ill still be shopping for production medieval and viking swords as obviously historic pieces are all in museums or going for mega bucks...
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