A beautiful Burmese dha dated 1798

[Ian]

Hi Miguel:

Yes, that sword is one of the more recently made ones, although I have seen worse examples.

When I was starting to collect (many years ago) I was given a Burmese "story dha" that was probably made around 1950. I still have it somewhere. It is covered in yellow brass that was once cleaned by a previous owner with Brasso, a commercial polish that is renowned for leaving a heavy, white powdery residue. Fortunately, the sword itself was of very low quality so the residue did not detract from it.

I have one of the poor quality Lao swords with segmented scabbard also. That came as an add in with another sword that I wanted. It has a terrible blade made from sheet metal, and the hilt and scabbard are also made from a silvery base metal.

One day I will give these to someone I really don't like very much! In the meanwhile they sit in storage. Perhaps I will get them out and post them here to show what not to acquire.

Ian.

[Ian]

Miguel:

Here are the two poor examples I mentioned.

Ian.

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[Miguel]

Originally Posted by Ian

Hi Miguel:

Yes, that sword is one of the more recently made ones, although I have seen worse examples.

When I was starting to collect (many years ago) I was given a Burmese "story dha" that was probably made around 1950. I still have it somewhere. It is covered in yellow brass that was once cleaned by a previous owner with Brasso, a commercial polish that is renowned for leaving a heavy, white powdery residue. Fortunately, the sword itself was of very low quality so the residue did not detract from it.

I have one of the poor quality Lao swords with segmented scabbard also. That came as an add in with another sword that I wanted. It has a terrible blade made from sheet metal, and the hilt and scabbard are also made from a silvery base metal.

One day I will give these to someone I really don't like very much! In the meanwhile they sit in storage. Perhaps I will get them out and post them here to show what not to acquire.

Ian.

Thanks Ian you have confirmed my thoughts. I have always thought that the repoussé work was not that good and this thread has more than confirmed it, thanks also for showing your poor quality swords.
Would you put the age of these swords including mine to the 1950s approx. Thanks again Miguel

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Miguel

... Would you put the age of these swords including mine to the 1950s approx. Thanks again Miguel

Miguel:

I would say yours could be pre-WWII, say 1930s. I would put my Story Dha at somewhat later, around 1950. The Lao sword I showed is later still, probably 1980s or even more recently.

Ian.

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by Ian

Miguel:

I would say yours could be pre-WWII, say 1930s. I would put my Story Dha at somewhat later, around 1950. The Lao sword I showed is later still, probably 1980s or even more recently.

Ian.

Thanks for the info and apologies for the delay in reply.
Regards
Miguel