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kronckew · Yesterday, 03:58 PM

I posted my Viet one as an example, showing the Original Posted one was NOT like it. Especially the guard.

I suspect the one in post No.1 is a Chinese one rewrapped with a flattened 'eye' pommel. As many CCP soldiers 'assisting' NK carried the dadaos and after loud discussion with the US/UN troops, suddenly didn't need them any more, leaving them where Koreans could pick them up off the battlefields, wash off the bodily fluids, re-wrap them to provide an uncontaminated grip, and use them themselves. Possibly embellishing the blade with pastoral scenes of peace and harmony embodied by the aforementioned loud discussions.

Yesterday, 03:58 PM	#8
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,232	I posted my Viet one as an example, showing the Original Posted one was NOT like it. Especially the guard. I suspect the one in post No.1 is a Chinese one rewrapped with a flattened 'eye' pommel. As many CCP soldiers 'assisting' NK carried the dadaos and after loud discussion with the US/UN troops, suddenly didn't need them any more, leaving them where Koreans could pick them up off the battlefields, wash off the bodily fluids, re-wrap them to provide an uncontaminated grip, and use them themselves. Possibly embellishing the blade with pastoral scenes of peace and harmony embodied by the aforementioned loud discussions.