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Ian · 29th May 2005, 04:19 PM

I recall our previous discussion also, in the old Forum. The image of Hanuman is not rare in Burmese culture. The handle does seem much shorter than usual, even for Burmese dha which often have shorter handles than their Thai neighbors. This example is closer to the length of hilt seen on knife length dha -- whose blade lengths are in the 10-16 inch range -- rather than on longer swords such as this one.

B.I.: Do you still have the original digital picture of the description at a higher resolution (pixels per inch)? If so, then Adobe Photoshop is a great program for manipulating images and it is amazing how a 300+ pixels per inch image can be encouraged to yield its hidden secrets. The photo you posted above is only 72 pixels per inch.

I can make out the heading and first line of text:

"Sword (dha)
Burmese (early 19th century)

The blade and scabbard of this dha ... "

and the rest is hard to decipher, with a few tantalizing references to "monkey."

If you have a larger file I'd be happy to work on it in Photoshop.

Ian.

29th May 2005, 04:19 PM	#8
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	I recall our previous discussion also, in the old Forum. The image of Hanuman is not rare in Burmese culture. The handle does seem much shorter than usual, even for Burmese dha which often have shorter handles than their Thai neighbors. This example is closer to the length of hilt seen on knife length dha -- whose blade lengths are in the 10-16 inch range -- rather than on longer swords such as this one. B.I.: Do you still have the original digital picture of the description at a higher resolution (pixels per inch)? If so, then Adobe Photoshop is a great program for manipulating images and it is amazing how a 300+ pixels per inch image can be encouraged to yield its hidden secrets. The photo you posted above is only 72 pixels per inch. I can make out the heading and first line of text: *"Sword (dha)* Burmese (early 19th century) The blade and scabbard of this dha ... " and the rest is hard to decipher, with a few tantalizing references to "monkey." If you have a larger file I'd be happy to work on it in Photoshop. Ian. Last edited by Ian; 29th May 2005 at 04:41 PM.