3rd May 2006, 12:56 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 1,725
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Originally Posted by fearn
Hi All,
I'm not in the dhafia either, but Stone's Glossary has one of these blades pictured as a dha (fig. 257, p. 207, caption:"horn hilt and wood scabbard carved in the form of a conventional bird."). We haven't seen anything like this from the dhaphiles, but if Stone's correct (not 100% certain), this is another type of dha. It would have been nice if he'd provided some more source or size information...
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Great call, Fearn! 
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