Wooden daab blades at the Smithsonian

[Mark]

Here are photos of the full blades of the details posted above. The measurements (in cm) are as follows (NB: "tip" spine width is taken 1 cm back from the tip itself):

First:
blade length - 46.1
widest span (edge to spine) - 9.3/10.1 (first/second "peaks" from tang)
tang length - 12.5
spine width at tang - 0.9
span width at tip - 0.2

Second:
blade length - 56.5
widest span (edge to spine) - 7.9
tang length - 11.6
spine width at tang - 1.0
span width at tip - 0.2

Third:
blade length - 32.6
widest span (edge to spine) - 5.1
tang length - 7.7
spine width at tang - 0.8
span width at tip - 0.2

Fourth:
no detailed measurements take, but it is small, about 16 cm in length

Fifth:
blade length - 38.2
widest span (edge to spine) - 9.5
tang length - 11.1
spine width at tang - 0.9
span width at tip - 0.3

[Mark]

Here is a group picture of the last tray of blades, to show the variety of shapes. to give an idea of scale, the blade at the bottom of this tray is the first in the series above, which is 46.1 cm long.

[~Alaung_Hpaya~]

Wow great set of shapes . I few of the shorter shapes are similar to utilitarian blades I've seen in Burma but many are quite weird and interesting .

[PUFF]

I forgot to translate the 3rd item, มีดโต้ลาว / Lao's chopper
มีด/mead/knife
โต้/Toe/Dao or chopper
ลาว/Lao/Lao people

Alaung_Hpaya, these designs are very regional and most of them are also weird to me. That because they are so utilitarian type that they rarely went to museum.

[PUFF]

A "Wall Catalog" in a folk shop.