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pshears81 21st January 2012 05:48 PM

Vietnamese sword?
 
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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)

Battara 21st January 2012 07:21 PM

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

Stan S. 21st January 2012 07:48 PM

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

Henk 21st January 2012 07:59 PM

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 ;)

ariel 21st January 2012 08:00 PM

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

kahnjar1 21st January 2012 08:41 PM

Yes Thailand and tourist grade.
Stu

Stan S. 22nd January 2012 12:04 AM

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

kahnjar1 22nd January 2012 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan S.
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.

Henk 22nd January 2012 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stan S.
Isn't Thailand a part of Indonesia? :confused: I think I need to brush up on my geography :o

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

Stan S. 22nd January 2012 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Henk
: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

Rick 22nd January 2012 07:06 PM

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


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