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Old 10th January 2016, 02:22 AM   #1
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AN ANTIQUE DEALER FRIEND GIFTED THIS TO ME FOR XMAS,LOOKS LIKE A DHA HMONG KNIFE TYPICAL TO BURMA AND THAILAND,HAS SILVER CONTENT
WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ,CHEERS RAJESH
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Old 10th January 2016, 03:11 PM   #2
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Very nice dha hmyaung from Burma, think from the first quarter of the 20th century. Is the handle from wood or horn?

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Old 11th January 2016, 02:23 AM   #3
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The scabbard bands are a white brass.

On the blade, the silver koftgari looks like a type of story dha, although I am not sure there is enough to call it a true story dha.
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Very nice dha hmyaung from Burma, think from the first quarter of the 20th century. Is the handle from wood or horn?

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THANKS DETLEF ,THE HANDLE IS MADE OF HORN,CHEERS
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Old 11th January 2016, 11:44 AM   #5
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The scabbard bands are a white brass.

On the blade, the silver koftgari looks like a type of story dha, although I am not sure there is enough to call it a true story dha.
HI BATTARA THE MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE LOOKS MORE OF HALF ROOSTER OR PEACOCK AND HALF ELEPHANT,CHEERS
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