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Atlantia · 2nd August 2011, 10:32 AM

Trying to ID a sword.

Similar to a Dha with a grass bound long wooden handle (around 27cm long) with a carved wooden bulbous pommel (slightly smaller than a pool ball) which is facetted like a crown or fircone (almost).
Simple brass ferrule, no guard.
Blade about 50cm long, V shaped near the hilt like a Dha, then curving upward from just over half way down, and getting broader toward the end to a wide flat thin 'chopper' near the end.

...... Perhaps I should draw this?

Any thoughts?

EDIT: Ok here's a sketch, reasonably close.

2nd August 2011, 10:32 AM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Like a Dha but not a Dha..... Trying to ID a sword. Similar to a Dha with a grass bound long wooden handle (around 27cm long) with a carved wooden bulbous pommel (slightly smaller than a pool ball) which is facetted like a crown or fircone (almost). Simple brass ferrule, no guard. Blade about 50cm long, V shaped near the hilt like a Dha, then curving upward from just over half way down, and getting broader toward the end to a wide flat thin 'chopper' near the end. ...... Perhaps I should draw this? Any thoughts? EDIT: Ok here's a sketch, reasonably close. Attached Images Last edited by Atlantia; 2nd August 2011 at 11:21 AM.