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25th April 2008, 12:13 AM
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DHA (Top)
As previously stated the scabbard is not the original. The hilt is woven brass wire with lacquer top and bottom and an iron "bell" shaped pommel cap. The brass "tsuba" is somewhat crudely caste, certainly not up to the class of Japanese Tsuba I have seen.
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25th April 2008, 12:18 AM
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DHA (Centre)
A truely nice piece. The Hilt is worked silver (lacquered), over wood, and the scabbard mouth is silver (very tarnished) as are the scabbard bands.
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25th April 2008, 12:30 AM
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DHA (Bottom)
This one is from the same seller from a previous auction, and was collected with the others in Cambodia. A plainer item but still nice. The blade has marks ON ONE SIDE ONLY, which include a small round copper insert (tarnished), which can be seen to the right of the blade pic. The hilt is rattan bound. The scabbard has replacement brass bands, but one of the original rattan bindings still exists.
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