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Old 6th June 2012, 08:05 PM   #2
Andrew
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Looks Burmese or Thai to me. (Or, possibly, Yunnan.)

Materials (brass and ivory).
Wire work at the bolster.
Cylindrical bolster/guard.
"Fretwork" at back end of bolster (has a Chinese/Yunnan "flavor").

Blade profile vaguely consisent with my proposed origin, but the fullering isn't so much.
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