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Old 16th November 2006, 03:47 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Philip
Hey Bill, you sure got yourself a couple of nice examples (I also saw the pics on your other thread on the same subject). What's especially nice about yours is that they're complete. Lots of times, the scabbards are gone or have lots of the rattan broken or missing.

It's intriguing that these blades often exhibit the characteristic "hairpin" pattern welding that was used by smiths further north and west in Bhutan, and across the Himalayas in Tibet, and also in parts of the Sino-Tibetan borderland. A couple years ago I came across one of these daos which had two "hairpins" side by side. I shoulda kept it.....
Nah, you made the right choice.
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