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[Nathaniel]

Good to hear from Khun Deng.

Here are my some more to add:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5162

[Nathaniel]

Any more of the working type:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5163

[wilked aka Khun Deng]

Thanks Nathaniel, there was an old post where I discussed these previously and posted pictures from a vendor at Chattu Chak market who specializes in these (but the search feature has defeated me yet again). I picked up one from Lung Phra Derm along with the hardback book that details the amulets and priest knifes of that particular monk (and mine was in the book). I became an instant celebrity with the wife's relatives in country

[wilked aka Khun Deng]

Some pics I saved.

[kahnjar1]

This one is VERY small as you can see. It is designed as an amulet but none the less a true knife. Also another pic of knives at Chatuchak Market Bangkok.

[Mark]

Oh, you guys are making me drool.

Am I correct that the defining feature of a meed maw or meed phra is the blessing, not the shape?

Dan, is the book you refer to the one pictured below? Any idea where I could get a copy? I have two promotional posters for it that picture a beautiful array of meed phra of all shapes and sizes, as well as other talismans.

[wilked aka Khun Deng]

Memory is such a fragile thing. Yes Mark those are the posters i sent you and that is the book, specifically Lung Phra Derm, pictured on the poster.
I actually got the book from the same lady in the reflection of the pictures posted by khandjar1, but they had others at the Chatu Chak market. i doubt that it's anything you could pick up outside the country.

And yes you are correct that the defining feature is that is was blessed by a prominent monk, though most current ones (i'd guess last 50 years or so -it;s a generational thing I believe - makers and monks team up on these things) do follow a similar blade profile and scabbard shape, many, especially the smaller ones having a rectangular bone scabbard with 3 to 4 metal binding (larger ones generally wood but same profile).

Which is why I believe Freddy has a very old one - the scabbard fits the older profile (sword and dha) as well as the grip and while the blade doesn't have the same decoration and script it does have some, which is unusual for an older blade, all supporting what the dealer claims that it is a meed maw or meed phra (used interchangeably).

How are you my friend, the last few years have been a blur for me. Apologies for not staying in better contact with you and the rest of the Dha Guys.

Dan