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carlitobrigante · 13th November 2010, 09:52 PM

Couple of recent pickups..

If i remember rightly the dagger was described as kachin, but ive seen the exact same type and style of blade on other daggers described as 'shan', although they tended to have more ornate furniture (silver fittings etc). Scabbard looks original and has had a recent repair. Blade shows lovely laminatations and a tempered edge.

Also picked up this nice sword which has an almost identical cousin seen here item number 232

= http://www.arscives.com/historysteel....swordlist.htm

I really like the feel of this one in the hand.

Do peeps agree my example would be likely 19th century also like the one in the link, and would you say Burma or Thailand is more likely? I know this clipped point style blade is seen on kachin and shan pieces, does it ever appear on thai swords aswell??

thanks all for your time

adam

13th November 2010, 09:52 PM	#1
carlitobrigante Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Solihull, UK Posts: 81	Couple of Dha, Couple of questions Couple of recent pickups.. If i remember rightly the dagger was described as kachin, but ive seen the exact same type and style of blade on other daggers described as 'shan', although they tended to have more ornate furniture (silver fittings etc). Scabbard looks original and has had a recent repair. Blade shows lovely laminatations and a tempered edge. Also picked up this nice sword which has an almost identical cousin seen here item number 232 = http://www.arscives.com/historysteel....swordlist.htm I really like the feel of this one in the hand. Do peeps agree my example would be likely 19th century also like the one in the link, and would you say Burma or Thailand is more likely? I know this clipped point style blade is seen on kachin and shan pieces, does it ever appear on thai swords aswell?? thanks all for your time adam Attached Images Last edited by carlitobrigante; 13th November 2010 at 11:57 PM.