Burmese story dha restored by Battara

[Battara]

Seeing this lovely puppy again reminded me of something else I had to do. I had to make another silver sleeve on the hilt because the original one was disintigrating (verythin silver ). On this one I also ground and polished the rough brass on the scabbard and made a silver top and bottom along with silver bands inbetween the brass sections. Looks better now that the hilt is upside right. Had some trouble with the brass in that inbetween the brass were brass wire/pitch and the brass sections were veryuneven. I had to cut them straight and even cut a small section of wood on the scabbard to make everything fit. Lot of work but well worth it for both.

[Jens Nordlunde]

Hi Andrew,

The sword itself is a pleasure to look at, and the restoration very professional done – congratulation. One gets the feeling that the smith, having finished the sword, made the knife out of the rest of the iron.