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BANDOOK
10th January 2016, 02:22 AM
AN ANTIQUE DEALER FRIEND GIFTED THIS TO ME FOR XMAS,LOOKS LIKE A DHA HMONG KNIFE TYPICAL TO BURMA AND THAILAND,HAS SILVER CONTENT
WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ,CHEERS RAJESH
Sajen
10th January 2016, 03:11 PM
Very nice dha hmyaung from Burma, think from the first quarter of the 20th century. Is the handle from wood or horn?

Regards,
Detlef
Battara
11th January 2016, 02:23 AM
The scabbard bands are a white brass.

On the blade, the silver koftgari looks like a type of story dha, although I am not sure there is enough to call it a true story dha.
BANDOOK
11th January 2016, 11:42 AM
Very nice dha hmyaung from Burma, think from the first quarter of the 20th century. Is the handle from wood or horn?

Regards,
Detlef
THANKS DETLEF ,THE HANDLE IS MADE OF HORN,CHEERS
BANDOOK
11th January 2016, 11:44 AM
The scabbard bands are a white brass.

On the blade, the silver koftgari looks like a type of story dha, although I am not sure there is enough to call it a true story dha.
HI BATTARA THE MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE LOOKS MORE OF HALF ROOSTER OR PEACOCK AND HALF ELEPHANT,CHEERS