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9th June 2008, 01:07 AM
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Tibet or Bhutan.
For me, there has been a dry spell of Moro Sandata here in Seattle, but I managed to snag this one, which I believe to be from Tibet.
Leather and copper sheet over a wooden scabbard, ray skin gripping area, sign of hairpin forging pattern on the blade. Comments? |
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9th June 2008, 01:22 AM
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Location: College Park, MD
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Bhutan.
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9th June 2008, 03:17 AM
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Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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Bhutan gets my vote, too
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9th June 2008, 11:11 AM
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Location: USA Georgia
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Bhutan
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9th June 2008, 03:43 PM
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Its beautiful. The daubs of red paint around the bands of the handle are interesting, as this same red is found on Kachin dha (and I've seen it on a couple Bama/Shan style dha as well). Read somewhere about the significance of the red color, but can't for the life of me remember what it was.
 On this one you cannot see the jaw bone tied to the should strap (behind the scabbard), but it is painted red like the grip.   
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9th June 2008, 11:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: East Coast USA
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Bhutan!
Very nice! A man cannot live by Moro alone!   Lew |
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