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I have a couple of Dha swords one fairly plain with some silver decoration on the wooden hilt and scabbard and one completely plain.
Also I have a couple of Dha knives and would be grateful if a forum member would be good enough to identify the country of origin and approx. age of these items. I suspect that the first sword and the first knife are older than the other two. I would also be grateful to learn of a good reference book on Dhas, preferably in English or with English translation. Dha sword No 1:- O/L is 38 ins with a 25 ins blade. Dha sword No 2;- O/L is 34 ins with a 22 ins blade. Dha knife No 1:- O/L is 8 ins with a 4.5 ins blade. Dha knife No 2:- O/L is6.75 ins with a 3.75 blade. Thanking you in advance. Miguel |
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Thanks Rick a great help
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That's what I call efficiency, thanks Fernando.
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The second Dha knife (Dha hmyaung) looks to be from Burma to me.
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Hi Miguel:
Your dha sword no. 1 has a fairly high hilt:blade length ratio and some nice silver work that is probably Shan in origin. I would put this one as late 19th/early 20th C. Shan or northern Thai. Dha sword no. 2 again has a fairly high hilt:blade length ratio and is probably northern Thai/Lao in origin. Early 20th C. Knife no. 1 with lots of silver is typical Shan work. Probably mid-20th C. or a little earlier. Knife no. 2 with the ivory hilt is Burmese and probably late 19th C. As far as references for dha, I have not found a good reference in 20+ years of looking. There are bits and pieces in books that deal with a wide range of material culture from mainland SE Asia, but nothing comprehensive on dha that I have come across. There is the article and pictures from the History of Steel Exhibition, and the Dha Index that Mark Bowditch put together, which has a small bibliography Ian. Last edited by Ian; 8th March 2017 at 06:26 AM. |
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Thank you for your reply for which I am most grateful. It would seem that there is a need for someone like Robert Elgood to produce a good reference book or books on the dha. Regards Miguel |
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Regards Miguel . |
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Hi Miguel:
After discussion with another dha collector, I think your dha number 2 is more likely Shan in origin. This appears to be one of their higher quality fighting dha. It should have an excellent and sharp blade made of high quality steel. Ian. |
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