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Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand
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- It is possible to make a functional sword out of an old file. Most if not all blades from this area were edge quenched.
- The blade itself has been heavily customized by one of its owner. - Blade doesn't have a define waist area. In combination with triangular tip, they remind me Karen 's personal sword. - I do agree that the hilt 's Lanna style. - Blade / hilt ratio is regular for a sword of this age (19C-20C). As Andrew described, the grip area 's close to blade/hilt juction. The left of the hilt end around one's elbow. The grip shouldn't be an all-finger hammer grip. But it feel like gripping with thumb and index fingers. All other fingers are auxiliary. |
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IMO: The longer hilt 's not for hanling with both hand. It 's substitution of western bulb pommel, used for sword balancing.
Northern (Lanna) style, practicing. http://hk.youtube.com/kinglanna Central Thailand style, sparing. http://littlenet.seedang.com/stories/3171 |
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Hi Puff,
thank you for the information ![]() ![]() Regards David |
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