Can anyone identify this sword/ kind of sword? was going through my mom's attic when i stumbled upon this. there are a few ingravings on it, can take pictures if needed
post engraving pics
looks vaguely SE Asian, but need moar to tell
Took a few more pictures
more of those wierd rail/wave-things
is the handle/scabbard bamboo?
>>30388694
I think so? It feels a lot and looks similar.
>>30388605
South Vietnamese Chieftain's Sword.
Ceremonial piece each village leader would carry. Yours is pretty nice condition value around $125-140.
Here is a shot of mine that I sold recently
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>>30388718
Thanks you so much :) helped a lot
Seems like a really nice bolo machete, I'm guessing Philippines?
>>30388605
Its a Southeast Asian Weapon called Daab in Thailand and Dha in Burma.
It's a local sword descended from the Chinese "Dao," which the ancestors of the Burmese and Thai (collectively called Nanman by the Chinese) used when they used to live in what is now Southwestern China before migrating into their current lands.
>>30388718
>South Vietnamese Chieftain's Sword.
Lolwhat.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krabi-krabong
>>30388732
Ignore post pls
>>30388605
Thai/Burmese sword, likely a souvenir.
>>30388733
Further examples.
>>30388744
Mine came off a Vietnam vet who brought it home from Vietnam.
Daab. That's the Siamese name for the Dha sword of Burma. I have a Daab that I bought, looks similar to that one, as a companion piece to the one that my grandfather brought back from the CBI Theater of Operations. There are a number of versions. The Dha Lwe is similar tou what you have. The Dha Hmyaung is a dagger sized version. The Dha Ma is from the predominantly Christian Kachin minority in North Burma, and it is characterized by a squared-off end.
The Rope on it is called a "Dha Knot" and usually it was made with red rope.
>>30388744
The South Vietnamese Used to share the Khmer based culture that was prevalent in Continental SOutheast Asia before the Chinese-influenced Vietnamese destroyed them.
>>30388645
My Daab has those same markings. Huh. Same region or smith, perhaps?
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>>30388744
What I mean to say is that the South Vietnamese were *not* Vietnamese and were a totally different people called the Cham.
After Vietnam's liberation from China in the late 10th Century and the foundation of the Ly Dynasty, the Viets followed the example of their erstwhile Chink Masters and invaded everything south of them in an event known as the "March to the South." The Cham were their first victims as they considered them niggerous barbarians.
