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Old 18th April 2005, 05:04 AM   #6
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The spine markings are identical to those found on many Montagnard dha, and the blade engravings (if not the inlay--those are quite unusual in my experience) similar to this dha of Mark's:





Northern Thai seems more and more likely for that one.

Montagnard dha spine markings:


Similar spine markings seem to appear on weapons from a wide geographic area, from China to the north right down through most of SEA.
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