A Northern Thai daab with silver and ivory

[Iain]

Originally Posted by Ian

Another lovely blade Iain. I liked the hardened edge (quenched or inserted do you think?) and peaked spine. An interesting mark struck at forte--this reminds me of some of the marks used by the HuSa of southern Yunnan. Nice ivory and silver hilt. Just a delightful old daab.

Thanks Ian, I agree the etching works well on this one, I believe its a quenched edge as most of these are. The mark I have seen referred to as a Chakram by some Thai collectors and as you say seems common to the northern most regions of modern day Thailand and into Yunnan, not surprising given the ethnic connections common to the region.

This one is a particular favourite of the missus and is usually on rotation in the main display stand in the living room.