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ariel
24th February 2006, 05:21 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pair-of-Ceremonial-Panabas-Swords-Blades-no-Knives_W0QQitemZ6605579351QQcategoryZ475QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
To my amateur eye they do not look like panabases.
What are those?
Lew
24th February 2006, 05:28 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pair-of-Ceremonial-Panabas-Swords-Blades-no-Knives_W0QQitemZ6605579351QQcategoryZ475QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
To my amateur eye they do not look like panabases.
What are those?

I think your looking at some type of Burmese or Vietnamese battle chopper. I remember seeing one at the seminar last year in Maryland. Phil Tom may be able to shed some light on them. I just took a look at some of my pics from the seminar and the chopper is sitting on the table with all of the other Vietnamese swords. It was taken at 6 meg so I can't post it on the forum.

Lew
Rick
24th February 2006, 05:58 PM
Aren't these called Mak/s ?
Very fancy ones .
Lew
24th February 2006, 07:08 PM
Aren't these called Mak/s ?
Very fancy ones .

Mak the knife :D

Lew
Rick
24th February 2006, 08:08 PM
< sigh > :rolleyes: :D
ariel
24th February 2006, 09:51 PM
Seems I missed a good deal.....
Ian
25th February 2006, 04:14 AM
Seems I missed a good deal.....
Ariel:

We were all asleep. :(

Someone go a great buy. I vote Vietnamese -- shortened pole arms.

Ian
Andrew
25th February 2006, 05:33 AM
"Mak the knife"? :rolleyes: You're pushing it lately, Lew. :D



Look like mak to me, albeit with longer blades (or shorter handles) than I've seen. I've no idea about their origin, however. Ian, what makes you think Vietnam?
Ian
25th February 2006, 04:59 PM
Hi Andrew:

I think the Vietnamese provenance is strongly suggested from one of the pictures on this page: http://www.sevenstarstrading.com/articles/vietnameseswords Towards the end of the page there is a very similar blade and a short section of the attached handle which is also similar to the mystery "panabas" on eBay.

The link comes from Scott Rodell's site at Sevenstars Trading. Thanks to Scott and Philip Tom for putting that article together. :)

Ian.
Andrew
26th February 2006, 07:36 PM
Hi Andrew:

I think the Vietnamese provenance is strongly suggested from one of the pictures on this page: http://www.sevenstarstrading.com/articles/vietnameseswords Towards the end of the page there is a very similar blade and a short section of the attached handle which is also similar to the mystery "panabas" on eBay.

The link comes from Scott Rodell's site at Sevenstars Trading. Thanks to Scott and Philip Tom for putting that article together. :)

Ian.


Hi Ian. Outstanding! Thanks. :)
Battara
28th February 2006, 07:25 PM
Mak the knife :D

Lew

Thank you Louie. :D