burmese/ kachin dha for comment

Gehazi · 3rd March 2015, 02:21 PM

this was the first blade discussed in my larger "collection " thread-- and was the blade other members wished to see more of.

as I described before, this blade actually has a "hornet" or "hummingbird" forgemark; if I cannot find picture of this I will take one.

I bought this dha in a person to person sale some months ago, after searching for kachin style dha and seeing this I think on sword forum for sale-- it is still my favorite of all my dha( other than my modern one I am having made

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either way

1. full picture of blade and scabbard, again I do not think scabbard is meant for this blade, it fit very poorly and essentially cut all the rattan because its "horns" on the tip of the blade stuck out of the scabbard from top to bottom
2. this sword has zero distal taper, one of the reasons I love it
3. eyeballs say there is zero difference between tip and grip on thickness, does this tell us anything?
4.handling in the past without cleaning perhaps by a previous owner a generation ago, or even the owner himself-- clear fingerprints in the corrosion of the blade here, I still love the sword, would love any more thoughts you guys would like to offer.

I think I purchased this dha from a member of this forum, though I was not a member at the time-- so It may be archived somewhere, I know I have seen a post somewhere by previous owner asking questions like mine, my hope is that people have more knowledge now than then!

thanks for your time and consideration on this blade. It feels very old to me, I even fancied it was a much older sword broken at the tang and flipped around, using the tip as the new tang, it looked almost like one edge had be forged flat from a european sword-- this was ,of course, fancidful, I now think it to be entirely forged in SE asia, somewhere in the shan area or yunnan as another poster said.

I tried to post the hornet forgemark-- as it was too large I point you to my photobucket(if that is ok) --

to me that is clearly a bird, or hornet forgemark, any thoughts?

3rd March 2015, 02:21 PM	#1
Gehazi Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: TN, USA Posts: 21	burmese/ kachin dha for comment this was the first blade discussed in my larger "collection " thread-- and was the blade other members wished to see more of. as I described before, this blade actually has a "hornet" or "hummingbird" forgemark; if I cannot find picture of this I will take one. I bought this dha in a person to person sale some months ago, after searching for kachin style dha and seeing this I think on sword forum for sale-- it is still my favorite of all my dha( other than my modern one I am having made ) either way 1. full picture of blade and scabbard, again I do not think scabbard is meant for this blade, it fit very poorly and essentially cut all the rattan because its "horns" on the tip of the blade stuck out of the scabbard from top to bottom 2. this sword has zero distal taper, one of the reasons I love it 3. eyeballs say there is zero difference between tip and grip on thickness, does this tell us anything? 4.handling in the past without cleaning perhaps by a previous owner a generation ago, or even the owner himself-- clear fingerprints in the corrosion of the blade here, I still love the sword, would love any more thoughts you guys would like to offer. I think I purchased this dha from a member of this forum, though I was not a member at the time-- so It may be archived somewhere, I know I have seen a post somewhere by previous owner asking questions like mine, my hope is that people have more knowledge now than then! thanks for your time and consideration on this blade. It feels very old to me, I even fancied it was a much older sword broken at the tang and flipped around, using the tip as the new tang, it looked almost like one edge had be forged flat from a european sword-- this was ,of course, fancidful, I now think it to be entirely forged in SE asia, somewhere in the shan area or yunnan as another poster said. I tried to post the hornet forgemark-- as it was too large I point you to my photobucket(if that is ok) -- to me that is clearly a bird, or hornet forgemark, any thoughts? Attached Images Last edited by Robert; 3rd March 2015 at 06:31 PM. Reason: Posted link to outside picture repository. .