Early signs of dhamentia

[RhysMichael]

Originally Posted by Andrew

Nice sword, Tim. Congratulations!

I believe this is in the Thai style (we're revisiting the rough typology we started a few years ago, and the tribal nomenclature is less helpful.). The handle/blade proportions and the stylized lotus-bud pommel make me think this, although these features do appear on swords from other areas in the region (long handles often apear on Laotian swords, and variations of the pommel appear on Burmese swords as well). I'll let Mark address this more definitively, as he's really doing the heavy lifting in our research.

Andrew
you may have seen this but some evidence from Wat Prakaew in Thailand. It gives a good view of the lotus bud design as a Thai motif,though I am not sure if these are supposed to be swords