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Old 21st January 2012, 05:48 PM   #1
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Hi all.
Just wondering if you have any ideas of the origin of this sword? I found it left in my garage when I bought this house. I've had some suggestions, from being an 'Indonesian headhunters sword' to a sword from Vietnam. I wonder if any of you have come across anything similar?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Old 21st January 2012, 07:21 PM   #2
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I believe it is a Vietnamese sword from the Montanyard people. These are usually bring backs from the Vietnam War by US soldiers.
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Old 21st January 2012, 07:48 PM   #3
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Not my area of expertise but it looks like a tourist grade sword from Indonesia (i. e. Burma) called a Dha.
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Old 21st January 2012, 07:59 PM   #4
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Stan is right. It is a tourist dha. Popped up in the seventies as wall hangers. Today still offered on auction sites. As a youngster i bought these dha's also to decorate my room from my saved pocket money
Not from Indonesia but made in Thailand
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Old 21st January 2012, 08:00 PM   #5
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Thailand, IMHO. Tourist grade, of course, and modern.
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Old 21st January 2012, 08:41 PM   #6
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Yes Thailand and tourist grade.
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Old 22nd January 2012, 12:04 AM   #7
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Isn't Thailand a part of Indonesia? I think I need to brush up on my geography
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Old 22nd January 2012, 12:22 AM   #8
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Isn't Thailand a part of Indonesia? I think I need to brush up on my geography
No it is a sovereign country in its own right, as is Burma, now known as Myanmar.
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Old 22nd January 2012, 11:04 AM   #9
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Isn't Thailand a part of Indonesia? I think I need to brush up on my geography
Back to school Stan!!!
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Old 22nd January 2012, 07:01 PM   #10
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Back to school Stan!!!
Nah, no need to go back to school. As long as I can identify a sword by it's proper name (which i did), call a fake when I see one (which i did), and point out roughly what part of the world it comes from (which i did), I have all education I'll ever need

No, seriously, I am quite ashamed of myself
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Old 22nd January 2012, 07:06 PM   #11
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Stan, you were thinking Indo-China I'll bet .
Came out wrong .
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