Continental SEA...More than just swords & knives??

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Originally Posted by Nathaniel

I was just thinking...I've never seen any other Burmese weapon other than swords and knives....I've seen Thai pole arms......but never Burmese...you don't see much in the way of Lao either..

I've seen Naga Spears & shields...Thai shields...but not Burmese...Lao, etc

I know a lot of the SEA pole arms are greatly influenced by Chinese pole arms....but there are some pole arms that are more distinctly Thai...I wonder if there are any distinct Burmese pole arms????

I would think the British would have brought back more than just swords and daggers...

On the same note you don't see much in the way of firearms with local flare/ decoration...I've seen Japanese, Vietnamese, etc...but not Thai, Burmese, etc..

Any thoughts??? or better yet examples???

Thats a really good point mate, Burmese especially.
They made so much varied and astonishing metalwork, as evidenced in my avatar. There must be lots of wonderful weapon types lurking under our radar!