Iron Hilt Dha

RobT · 8th September 2023, 02:11 AM

Jerseyman,

The dhafia should chime in presently and give you a lot of information. Until then, here is what little I know. Hua tat khong refers to the tip of the blade it literally means "head (or tip) cut curved". Other blade tip names I know are hua tat literally head cut (the tip is cut off straight), hua bua or lotus tip, hua luk gai or chicken head tip, and hua pla lod. Pla means fish and lod is the type of fish (mustacembelus sp). The top of this fish's head is a bit flat and slanted and the dha blade has a sort of short clip point. The last tip name I know is hua dha which is the standard Burmese dha tip. I have included pictures of my two iron hilted dha.

Sincerely,
RobT

Ian · 8th September 2023, 02:33 PM

Hi jerseyman,

I also have a few of these iron-hilted forms, generally in two main sections for the hilt--two pieces of iron tubing over a wooden core. One has a straight blade and the others are curved. Some of these may be HuSa dha, but I think others may be northern Thai or even from neighboring Laos. The straight one had an open-faced scabbard and was sold to me as coming from the Lisu people, who are ethnically linked to the Kachin and live in northern Yunnan Province.

The tips on mine are either squared off (flat) or concave (like your example).

8th September 2023, 02:11 AM	#1
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 536	The Dhafia Should Be On the Way Jerseyman, The dhafia should chime in presently and give you a lot of information. Until then, here is what little I know. Hua tat khong refers to the tip of the blade it literally means "head (or tip) cut curved". Other blade tip names I know are hua tat literally head cut (the tip is cut off straight), hua bua or lotus tip, hua luk gai or chicken head tip, and hua pla lod. Pla means fish and lod is the type of fish (mustacembelus sp). The top of this fish's head is a bit flat and slanted and the dha blade has a sort of short clip point. The last tip name I know is hua dha which is the standard Burmese dha tip. I have included pictures of my two iron hilted dha. Sincerely, RobT Attached Images

8th September 2023, 02:33 PM	#2
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,362	Hi jerseyman, I also have a few of these iron-hilted forms, generally in two main sections for the hilt--two pieces of iron tubing over a wooden core. One has a straight blade and the others are curved. Some of these may be HuSa dha, but I think others may be northern Thai or even from neighboring Laos. The straight one had an open-faced scabbard and was sold to me as coming from the Lisu people, who are ethnically linked to the Kachin and live in northern Yunnan Province. The tips on mine are either squared off (flat) or concave (like your example).