"Early Metallurgy, Trade and Urban Centres in Thailand and Southeast Asia," Glover, et al. (eds), White Lotus Press, 1992 is a compilation of 13 essays, which contain a fair amount of information on the industry, but nothing about swords in particular.
Bell, "A Monograph on Iron and Steel Work in Burma," Superintendant of Gov't Printing, Rangoon, 1907, has the most early information that I have found about sword making. I have it as a PDF file, and will try and e-mail it to you, but it is rather large.
Farrars & Farrars, "Burma," Sampson Law Marston & Co., London, 1908 (recently re-printed) is the second-best source of information on the sword industry in Burma, but it is very little objectively speaking.
A contemporary article on Thai swordsmithing is Boyd, "Blades of Bangkok," Blade Magazine, March, 2000, pp. 136-143. Contact Krause Publications, Inc, Attn. Jackie Baldwin, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54990-0001, FAX: 715-445-4087 to get a reprint.
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