Thai daab/katana fusion

DhaDha · 2nd October 2009, 05:45 PM

Interesting. Seems plausible. Although, I need to leave the origins and history to the e experts. Most of what I "know" I learned from this forum, so I usually have little to add to these discussions. However, the pic of the sword from the National Museum in Bangkok says it is on loan from the descendants of a Thai Prince. Don't really know what that means if anything. Could have been a gift, or maybe he just enjoyed collecting swords from the region. Same as me. At any rate discussion is always a good thing. It is how I've learned the bits that I know.

Anyway, my new piece was photographed and described well on the OA site. One thing I might add is a detail from the pommel. What I believe is a horse. Worn a little bit smooth over time but the detail still shows. Love this sword.
Cheers

Nathaniel · 20th October 2009, 03:50 AM

Shawn,

Thanks for the added detail pics. The horse is interesting...haven't seen that commonly depicted on dha/daab...makes me think of the Thai animal Zodiac, which is similar to the Chinese animal zodiac, but instead of a dragon there is a Naga serpent

http://www.chiangmaichimes.com/magic...ai-zodiac.html

2nd October 2009, 05:45 PM	#1
DhaDha Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 179	Interesting. Seems plausible. Although, I need to leave the origins and history to the e experts. Most of what I "know" I learned from this forum, so I usually have little to add to these discussions. However, the pic of the sword from the National Museum in Bangkok says it is on loan from the descendants of a Thai Prince. Don't really know what that means if anything. Could have been a gift, or maybe he just enjoyed collecting swords from the region. Same as me. At any rate discussion is always a good thing. It is how I've learned the bits that I know. Anyway, my new piece was photographed and described well on the OA site. One thing I might add is a detail from the pommel. What I believe is a horse. Worn a little bit smooth over time but the detail still shows. Love this sword. Cheers Attached Images

20th October 2009, 03:50 AM	#2
Nathaniel Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 865	Shawn, Thanks for the added detail pics. The horse is interesting...haven't seen that commonly depicted on dha/daab...makes me think of the Thai animal Zodiac, which is similar to the Chinese animal zodiac, but instead of a dragon there is a Naga serpent http://www.chiangmaichimes.com/magic...ai-zodiac.html