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PUFF · 9th October 2006, 04:00 AM

The article was written by Khun Bancha, a member of this forum. Its 's written in story telling style with some general description.

The blade was found an identified as "Dahb YoDhia (Siamese)" in Mandalay by Khun Parinya, an expertise in this field. Months later, he managed to bring the Dahb back to Thailand.

It 's hypothesized that the blade was brought to Burma in the 2nd sack of Ayuthaya. Luckily, during previous meeting, I have a chance to handle this one. The blade includes many Ayuthaya style components. Blade tip 's HuaPlaLhod, (Eel-head tip). Its spine 's slightly taper as found in many Ayuthaya 's blades. Blade material 's folded carburized iron. It 's hypothesized that the blade was selectively harden with Siamese traditional style (thin clay coated on the edge). Although the blade wasn't polished, I can see that its faint harden line 's not straight.

There 's valley at blade/tang interface. This is a characteristic of Siamese style tang forging. The valley was made during tang forging (upsetting). We predicted that the tang 's fat and swollen at its middle part. However, we did not take its hilt off for it 's in very good condition.

The hilt 's brass. Its craftsmanship 's possibly chinese guild's in northern cities of Ayuthaya (similar speciments were found around Phitsanulok city). The bottom end was cut off and replace by deer's embedded stag (abnormally growth). There 's believe that embedded stag carries some spiritual essence and it will protect its wielder.

The scabbard 's Rak (Thai urushi) coated wooden one. The small loop rope binding indicated that the sword was carried on a horse (hang on saddle).

9th October 2006, 04:00 AM	#2
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	The article was written by Khun Bancha, a member of this forum. Its 's written in story telling style with some general description. The blade was found an identified as "Dahb YoDhia (Siamese)" in Mandalay by Khun Parinya, an expertise in this field. Months later, he managed to bring the Dahb back to Thailand. It 's hypothesized that the blade was brought to Burma in the 2nd sack of Ayuthaya. Luckily, during previous meeting, I have a chance to handle this one. The blade includes many Ayuthaya style components. Blade tip 's HuaPlaLhod, (Eel-head tip). Its spine 's slightly taper as found in many Ayuthaya 's blades. Blade material 's folded carburized iron. It 's hypothesized that the blade was selectively harden with Siamese traditional style (thin clay coated on the edge). Although the blade wasn't polished, I can see that its faint harden line 's not straight. There 's valley at blade/tang interface. This is a characteristic of Siamese style tang forging. The valley was made during tang forging (upsetting). We predicted that the tang 's fat and swollen at its middle part. However, we did not take its hilt off for it 's in very good condition. The hilt 's brass. Its craftsmanship 's possibly chinese guild's in northern cities of Ayuthaya (similar speciments were found around Phitsanulok city). The bottom end was cut off and replace by deer's embedded stag (abnormally growth). There 's believe that embedded stag carries some spiritual essence and it will protect its wielder. The scabbard 's Rak (Thai urushi) coated wooden one. The small loop rope binding indicated that the sword was carried on a horse (hang on saddle). Last edited by PUFF; 9th October 2006 at 07:04 AM.