Vietnamese sword?
 

Hi all.
Just wondering if you have any ideas of the origin of this sword? I found it left in my garage when I bought this house. I've had some suggestions, from being an 'Indonesian headhunters sword' to a sword from Vietnam. I wonder if any of you have come across anything similar?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Paul (Worcester, England)

I believe it is a Vietnamese sword from the Montanyard people. These are usually bring backs from the Vietnam War by US soldiers.

Not my area of expertise but it looks like a tourist grade sword from Indonesia (i. e. Burma) called a Dha.

Stan is right. It is a tourist dha. Popped up in the seventies as wall hangers. Today still offered on auction sites. As a youngster i bought these dha's also to decorate my room from my saved pocket money :D
Not from Indonesia but made in Thailand ;)

Thailand, IMHO. Tourist grade, of course, and modern.

Yes Thailand and tourist grade.
Stu

Isn't Thailand a part of Indonesia? :confused: I think I need to brush up on my geography :o

No it is a sovereign country in its own right, as is Burma, now known as Myanmar.

:eek: :eek: Back to school Stan!!! :D :D

Nah, no need to go back to school. As long as I can identify a sword by it's proper name (which i did), call a fake when I see one (which i did), and point out roughly what part of the world it comes from (which i did), I have all education I'll ever need :rolleyes:

No, seriously, I am quite ashamed of myself :o

Stan, you were thinking Indo-China I'll bet .
Came out wrong . :)