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The hilt is very much like mine - see the photos in post 15 in this thread: https://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=180723 - the main photo is below.
Mine has a more traditional blade and scabbard, shows a peacock bird in the brass/bronze section and also has a burmese/mon inscription on the silver section...and no western lettering. Full thread is here: https://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showt...Sword+scabbord Last edited by kronckew; 4th August 2021 at 03:49 PM. |
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A friend was able to translate the script. Quite interesting... It says "beware of forgeries!"
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![]() Unless Kronckew's sword is the forgery!! ![]() More seriously, it is very interesting. Thanks for the translation. Kronckew's hilt is the same. Kronck are you sure it is silver and not chrome?? Do you have the translation of yours? Iain are you aware of such things for mid and early 20th c. dha??? Is it a statment such as Coca Cola the original...? But in this case, this kind of sword should be more visible on the market. Two examples is not a lot... Strange. |
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The best swords are forged.
![]() Many fakes are made by stock removal, not forging. Chrome does not tarnish black, as found in the deeper un-rubbed parts of the decorative areas on mine. The tarnish is more evident in the better pictures in my earlier thread.No chrome on mine. No wide fuller on the blade, either. It's also very thick at the root where it enters the grip, and is strongly distal tapered & razor sharp. The scabbard is a functional 'military' one, not a decorative thin silver-coloured thingy. The decorated brass or bronze bands are I gather typical for higher ranking army officers, with higher ranks having more bands. It owuld have had a baldric made of a heavy braided line like the one below, rather than the 'Royal' style on the above OP 'silver' scabbard. Haven't found anyone who can translate the inscription on mine, I feel it's a presentation statement. not many around who can read the older Burmese/Mon script. Last edited by kronckew; 5th August 2021 at 01:49 AM. |
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Hi Kubur,
If you check out this link you will note that Burma has been called Burma for centuries, and as far as I can see from the Wiki history it has never been called Bassein. Therefore one can not use the counties name change, as stated in your reply to Ian, as a dating aid to your dha. The country is of course now called Myanmar. Like others I would date your dha as LATE 20th c at the earliest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Myanmar Stu |
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Well, it's a town/city: an important port and capital of the district...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathein |
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Stu, it is a town. Mid 20th c. by the latest!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma |
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Of course you have a beautiful sword and I think our both swords were done by the same maker. Now the questions are Do you have the original scabbard? Or do we have both replacement scabbards? |
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I would guess it was simply one smith or workshop who was perhaps annoyed at some cheaper competition...
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Hi guys,
Here are some photos of the blade, back edge flat then polygonal, one big fuller and some narrow above... |
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