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Old Yesterday, 08:57 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by Ian View Post
The "turtle mark" was discussed in the old UBB Forum on this site, but unfortunately that platform was hacked and the files corrupted. IIRC, the mark was thought to be found on northern Thai/Lao daab starting in the 20th C, around the 1920s or so. It also extended into the 1970s and later on the poor quality tourist swords that U.S. Vietnam vets and other travelers brought home.
Hi Ian,

I never have never seen the turtle mark on the blades from these tourist swords from the 70s.!?

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Detlef
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