Last one! Some sort of dha?

eftihis · 23rd March 2006, 02:20 PM

And last one curio out of the closet! The handle reminds a shaska, but the blade more some type of dha. Anybody that can enlight me?
Thanks in advance!

CharlesS · 23rd March 2006, 03:06 PM

Looks a bit more like a N. African Berber sword to me. Definitely not a dha.

Tim Simmons · 23rd March 2006, 06:10 PM

We have seen one of these before a few years back. Bought by someone in California? it had a scabbard. There were a few opinions given I cannot remeber if they were conclusive. Although at first without a scabbard it appears African I am not sure if that is/was the case.

Valjhun · 23rd March 2006, 06:30 PM

I vote for Sinai Bedouin sword. As Ariel SenSei, always states they used every blade they came across. I would guess that in this case they used an african blade.

THE HILT IS A REAL BEAUTY!!!!!

ariel · 23rd March 2006, 09:18 PM

Valjhun,
I'll show your "sensei-ing" mr to my wife, kids and cats. Perhaps some of them will give me a modicum of respect after that.
No, it is not Sinai. The handle is wrong and (even though they used any blade available), the blade is not even close.
I distinctly remember we discussed this or a very sword relatively recently;
The thread is somewhere in the archives, within the past year, but I am off tomorrow for a buseness meeting over the weekend.
If there is more than one of such swords, we may be seeing a new, undescribed, pattern.
Worth looking in the archives!

PUFF · 24th March 2006, 07:16 AM

The tip has been reforged to upward profile, I guessed.

Titus Pullo · 24th March 2006, 07:35 AM

It looks like some daab/dha from the movie "Suriyothai"! I don't know if you notice, though!

katana · 24th March 2006, 10:35 PM

The fuller seems alittle odd in that as the blade curves, the fuller looks as if it wanted to continue in a straight line and not follow the curve of the blade. The curve isn't progessive or smooth. I agree with Puff the tip seems to have been re-forged, it would explain why the fuller is missing from the tip, as it was hammered/polished out. The handle also looks as if , at some time, it could have had a hand guard? Since removed and the handle ' Africanised'.

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eftihis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chania Crete Greece Posts: 507	Last one! Some sort of dha? And last one curio out of the closet! The handle reminds a shaska, but the blade more some type of dha. Anybody that can enlight me? Thanks in advance! Attached Images

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Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	We have seen one of these before a few years back. Bought by someone in California? it had a scabbard. There were a few opinions given I cannot remeber if they were conclusive. Although at first without a scabbard it appears African I am not sure if that is/was the case. Last edited by Tim Simmons; 23rd March 2006 at 06:46 PM.

23rd March 2006, 03:06 PM	#2
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,857	Looks a bit more like a N. African Berber sword to me. Definitely not a dha.

23rd March 2006, 06:30 PM	#4
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	I vote for Sinai Bedouin sword. As Ariel SenSei, always states they used every blade they came across. I would guess that in this case they used an african blade. THE HILT IS A REAL BEAUTY!!!!!

23rd March 2006, 09:18 PM	#5
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Valjhun, I'll show your "sensei-ing" mr to my wife, kids and cats. Perhaps some of them will give me a modicum of respect after that. No, it is not Sinai. The handle is wrong and (even though they used any blade available), the blade is not even close. I distinctly remember we discussed this or a very sword relatively recently; The thread is somewhere in the archives, within the past year, but I am off tomorrow for a buseness meeting over the weekend. If there is more than one of such swords, we may be seeing a new, undescribed, pattern. Worth looking in the archives!

24th March 2006, 07:16 AM	#6
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	The tip has been reforged to upward profile, I guessed.

24th March 2006, 07:35 AM	#7
Titus Pullo Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 123	It looks like some daab/dha from the movie "Suriyothai"! I don't know if you notice, though!

24th March 2006, 10:35 PM	#8
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	The fuller seems alittle odd in that as the blade curves, the fuller looks as if it wanted to continue in a straight line and not follow the curve of the blade. The curve isn't progessive or smooth. I agree with Puff the tip seems to have been re-forged, it would explain why the fuller is missing from the tip, as it was hammered/polished out. The handle also looks as if , at some time, it could have had a hand guard? Since removed and the handle ' Africanised'.