Burmese dha
length: 35"
A particularly solid example of the dha coming out of the Burma / Myanmar /
Cambodia / Thailand area in the mid 1900's. This one is quite thick at the
base of the spine, 5/16" with incised brass inlay tapering down to the much
thinner point. Brass fittings and the standard woven flat fiber braiding on
the handle, the very end of the buttcap is missing. A nice sturdy
hand-worked sword meant for usage. Wooden scabbard of standard traditional
design, slight split at the top where someone messed up on their noto at one
point. ("noto" is the Japanese art of sticking the sword back into the
scabbard without looking. I was never too sure of why one should bother with this
style return, since there's no way one should stick a bloodied blade back
into the scabbard without giving it a thorough cleaning.)
blade: 23"
blade width: 1 1/8" base, 1 1/2" maximum
grip: 12"
3/07/01