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Hi everybody
It is my first thread as a new member so at first I like to introduce myself shortly. My name Thomas Hauschild from germany. I īm 52 years old working as a production manager and a semiprofessional knifemaker. I forge my blades, make my own damascus and I īm member of the german knifemakerguild. I īve started my collection with a first piece because of the strong wish to forge an own "parang" without the knowledge what a "parang" is or what it should looke like in that time. Luckily or not luckily ( luckily I īve got a good piece for my money, unluckily I became addicted to collect ;-)my first piece was real usable one. My focus for collection is not on special type or area were the pieces comes from. My focus is on well forged blades with a good balance, pieces that feels "right" in the hand. I will be here to learn, so any information will be welcome.( I will ad more information in the profile) First thread is a dao / 2-hand sword from the people of Naga from Assam / India ? I have found only minor information without having the right keyword for google. 60 cm blade till the forged guard , totaly 83 cm. Full metal, one piece. Near the edges there are some pattern lines visible. Maybe a raffinated steel/iron. One edge shows some darker areas maybe there is a steel core visible ( san mai ). This is all I know about this well forged piece. I can īt realy imagine how many work it was to create such a piece. I hope to get some more information. ( hope to made everything right with the pics) Best thomas |
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Welcome to the site.
For further information on the Naga people, I recommend the books of Ursula Graham Bower. Hers is an interesting story, and I always enjoy having some background information on the items I collect. She has a Wikipedia link, but I'm having a problem creating a usable link. Of all the weapons I now have, the one with the best "feel" in hand is a jimpul I obtained from Oriental-Arms. Your sword is quite similar to one in my collection. I've seen a couple others in the last year or so. |
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Wellkommen!
Can't add much more but it is a nice and complete example! |
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Hello Thomas and welcome to the Forum!
This unusual style of sword is said to come from the Garo people. Ian Heath's volume on the NE Frontier* shows a picture of the Garo's weapons and also a number of line drawings of Garo warriors carrying these swords. I have copied those figures here. The Garo are an ethnic group distinct from the Naga and have a fairly wide distribution in NE India as well as Bangladesh. Ian. * Ian Heath. Armies of the Nineteenth Century: Asia. Volume 3: India's North-Eastern Frontier. Foundry, 1999. |
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Thanks a lot for the pictures. I was not realy sure which would be the right way to hold. This is also clear now.
Best regards and thanks a lot for your help Thomas |
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Salaams, thomas hauschild, I dug up a couple of indicators on this weapon which is a Twa Hander!! The Garo Dao.
![]() Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 25th May 2017 at 07:26 PM. |
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hello this is not a naga weapon.. it is a garo weapon from garoland ,....similar people but not naga . they still make these.. i have seen examples on youtube videos showing a cultural display in a garo tribal area in bangladesh in 2015!
weird weapon... |
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Thanks ausjulius
Yes Ibrahim wrote, that it is from the garo-people. My information "naga" was with a "?" . It was named like this in an auction of a similar piece at oriental arms ( link from wiki germany ) , now I know that garo is right. Thanks and best tegards thomas |
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I was not familiar with this type until I read this thread a couple days ago. Yesterday I was watching a live auction and when this piece came up. I bid and won it. Their description was:
NAGA HEADHUNTER TWO-HANDED DAO SWORD Garo People, of a form very seldom encountered, known as a Mil-Am. Wrought of a single piece of steel, the tang straight with spatulate pommel, the heavy blade obliquely angled at the forte, then straight and double-edged, with a cusped tip. The guard is composed of a steel rod passed through a punched aperture in the tang. 19th century. Patinaed overall. |
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