2 SWORDS FROM ASIA FOR ID

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Subject to confirmation from others, I believe the first one is Thai. The second one is Yunnan I think.
Both nice pieces.
Regards Stu (ex dha fanatic)

Agree--first one is Thai. Photos aren't great, but I believe the sword is older than the scabbard, which looks like a later addition.

Second one is Northern Thai/Southern Yunnan, China. I have a very similar example in my collection, which can be seen here (#252):

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


Both look like early-mid 20th century but, again, photos aren't great.