Early signs of dhamentia

[RhysMichael]

Originally Posted by Andrew

Nice sword, Tim. Congratulations!

I believe this is in the Thai style (we're revisiting the rough typology we started a few years ago, and the tribal nomenclature is less helpful.). The handle/blade proportions and the stylized lotus-bud pommel make me think this, although these features do appear on swords from other areas in the region (long handles often apear on Laotian swords, and variations of the pommel appear on Burmese swords as well). I'll let Mark address this more definitively, as he's really doing the heavy lifting in our research.

Andrew
you may have seen this but some evidence from Wat Prakaew in Thailand. It gives a good view of the lotus bud design as a Thai motif,though I am not sure if these are supposed to be swords

[RhysMichael]

Originally Posted by Mark Bowditch

the best single source for dha pictures that I know of in general publication is Punjabhan, Naengnoi, "Silverware in Thailand," ISBN 9748869563. There are some pictures from it on this thread, courtesy of dha investigator extraordinaire Dan Wilke.

And not to beat my own drum, but the largest single collection of dha photos on the web is on my web site The Dha Research Index (I thinK I have more than are in Artzi's archives at Oriental-Arms).

Mark, there is no doubt in my mind that your dha research index is the definitive source of dha information on the internet. I have literally spent hours doing all types of searches for dha/darb related material. And your site and the posts on this forum are where I refer anyone who asks me about dha/darb info.

That being said I still cannot wait for the promised work from You, Andrew and Ian