Two dha, Birmese and Laotian Hmong Montagnard?

[Iain]

Originally Posted by werecow

Thanks Ian and Iain, that clears things up for me.

And thanks for the articles Iain. I wouldn't consider it spamming at all, considering there is a lot of relevant information in them!

As a final question, can anything be said about the age of both these swords? They were both listed as "late 19th century", which may well be correct, but that often seems to be the dating equivalent of "shrug?" in the antique sword world.

Late 19th century is most likely correct although both could be early 20th century as well.