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Good day all. I found this sword at the show in Timonium. It was missing the two scabbard bands, and I had time today to replace them. It gave me a whole new level of respect for Jose's work. Hopefully it doesn't look to bad.
![]() From this thread on the forum http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=lepcha I see that this is a sword of the Lepcha people of Sikkim state in India. Sikkim is bordered by Nepal, China, Tibet, and Bhutan. It has a 15.5" (39.5 cm) monosteel blade that is .306" (7.75mm) thick. It is differentially hardened. I am not sure of the age, but it could be anywhere from the early 1900's to the present. ![]() Steve |
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I misread your last sentence as "Attatched awesome pictures"
Agreed. Seriously, though, this is a beautiful piece. I don't see nearly enough of these wonderful pieces! |
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Steve
Looks like the one I use to have in my collection some years back. Nice find ![]() Btw yours is circa 1890s-1915. |
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Good job Steve. Not bad at all what i see on the pictures. Awsome sword, congrats!
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Hi,
You made a good job; I have a similar one but the bands have a different pattern. Attached two pics. Paolo |
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What is Ban?
People? Name of the sword? Or are we suppose to ban them on the forum? |
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![]() Paolo, Thank you for showing the decoration on your bands. It's the first picture that I have seen. Lew, those dates are good to hear. Thank you all for your comments! Steve |
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Hi Paolo
I seems you have the aquired sword that was in my collection. ![]() ![]() |
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Very nice sword Steve!
![]() Regards, Detlef |
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Hi Lew,
It seems a good origin !! I were, always interested to the mark on the blade. Someone knows something about it ? Paolo |
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Thanks Dennee,
So this short sword would be a baanmok? Steve |
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Great to see this example. I have one without a scabbard that I thought was Eastern Chinese/Tibetan/Bhutanese. It's nice to see i was close, but even nicer to know exactly what I have.
You mention that yours is mono-steel. Are you sure? Mine has Tibetan style hairpin folding, and it seems as though yours might as well. Josh |
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I'd say that one that shows hairpin folding would probably be 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th, Claude White talked about the loss of the traditional methods with the importation of billets of Indian steel.
Bans do bear a resemblance to Bhutanese swords---if you disregard or look beyond the finish of the upper-class patag. Reduced to their basic blades and wood hilts and scabbards, some of the working knives and commoners' short swords look more like bans, if you were to remove half the scabbard. It is the ends of the blades that difer more in shape. I have some photos at home somewhere that I can post later. |
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The sword had been polished, with little patina, so I etched it. It is forged, differentially hardened monosteel. I was hoping for hairpin, but it's still a nice piece. Dennee, thanks so much for your earlier thread on these swords. Steve |
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Very attractive example and great work Steve.
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