Story Dha- Burmese?

D. Cooke · 14th August 2006, 08:53 PM

This was my grandfathers, now my father's. He puchased this at Auction in Germany or Austria approx. 40 years ago. I recently came to learn that this was called a Dha or Story Dha and after a google search found some links to ths forum. I thought I would post these pictures here and see if anyone had an Idea about what the story is, how old is it? Etc.

Thanks in advance

-D

Andrew · 16th August 2006, 03:55 PM

Hi D, welcome to the forum.

That is, indeed, a Burmese "story" dha. It's in the style many of us call "temple" swords, but it looks to be of better quality than the typical example.

D. Cooke · 26th August 2006, 03:49 AM

Thanks for the reply, I have been trying to find someone who would be able to translate the inscriptions, but as yet no luck.

Thanks again.

Dan

wilked aka Khun Deng · 26th August 2006, 05:14 AM

Definately a nice knife. Haven't seen an abundance of the story Dha in the dagger size but others have had more experience. If by translation you mean the characters on the blade, I'd like to know what they are also. If there is any characters on the scabbard, Burmese or English that would also help determine it's age as most that I've seen have the date or the name of the person presented too. They were many of these given as presentation pieces to English government employees in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

14th August 2006, 08:53 PM	#1
D. Cooke Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	Story Dha- Burmese? This was my grandfathers, now my father's. He puchased this at Auction in Germany or Austria approx. 40 years ago. I recently came to learn that this was called a Dha or Story Dha and after a google search found some links to ths forum. I thought I would post these pictures here and see if anyone had an Idea about what the story is, how old is it? Etc. Thanks in advance -D Attached Images

16th August 2006, 03:55 PM	#2
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Hi D, welcome to the forum. That is, indeed, a Burmese "story" dha. It's in the style many of us call "temple" swords, but it looks to be of better quality than the typical example.

26th August 2006, 03:49 AM	#3
D. Cooke Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3	Thanks for the reply, I have been trying to find someone who would be able to translate the inscriptions, but as yet no luck. Thanks again. Dan

26th August 2006, 05:14 AM	#4
wilked aka Khun Deng Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 166	Definately a nice knife. Haven't seen an abundance of the story Dha in the dagger size but others have had more experience. If by translation you mean the characters on the blade, I'd like to know what they are also. If there is any characters on the scabbard, Burmese or English that would also help determine it's age as most that I've seen have the date or the name of the person presented too. They were many of these given as presentation pieces to English government employees in the late 1800s and early 1900s.