large rare antique laos hmong sword dha montagnard dao thai tribal knife machete

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large rare antique laos hmong sword dha montagnard dao thai tribal knife machete:
$338.93

This is the last time this rare item will be listed at and the price will not be getting any lower next time around because there wont bea next time around! if it does not make my starting price then I will put it in sale in uk.

ONE OF THE VERY BEST OF ITS KIND THAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY MANY YEARS AS A COLECTOR BUYER SELLER DEALER IN SOUTH EAST ASIAN SWORDS, THIS IS AS FAR AS I KNOW A HMONG SWORD, IF NOT THEN IT IS A MONTAGNARD SWORD DAO, DHA,DAAB !!, THE OLD WOVEN FABRIC CARRYING SASH WOULD TELL SOMEONE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA EXACTLY WHICH TRIBAL REGION THIS IS FROM I AM SURE, AND IT IS VERY UNUSUAL TO SEE ONE OF THESE SWORDS IN THIS AMAZING CONDITION WHICH STILL RETAINS IT.

I KNOW LITTLE OF THE HMONG OR MONTAGNARD PEOPLES APART FROM THE AREA THEY ARE FROM AND THESE SWORDS ARE FOUND IN NORTHERN THAILAND LAOS VIETNAM AND EVEN UP INTO CHINA \'\' YUNNAN\'\', THIS ONE CAME FROM A COLONIAL FRENCH COLLECTION AND IS DATED 1900 TO 1940, I FAVOUR THE LATTER END OF THAT PERIOD MYSELF DUE TO THE OVERAL WELL KEPT APPEARANCE OF THE PIECE FOR ITS AGE AND 1940S WOULD BE MY ESTIMATE OF AGE, I HAVE CLEAEND IT AS BEST I CAN WITHOUT TAKING AWAY ANY OF THE CHARACTER EVEN DOWN TO THE SASH WHICH WAS CAREFULLY WASHED WHILE STILL ATTACHED TO THE SCABBARD BY HAND AND DRIED IN THE SUN, THE LACQUERED WOOD SCABBARD HAS NO DAMAGE AND ALL BINDINGS ARE ATTACHED STILL, LIKELY BECAUSE IT IS LACQUERED WHICH HAS ACTED WELL TO PRESERVE IT AND ITS BAMBOO RATTAN WRAPPED HILT, THE GUARD AND FERRULE ARE OF BRONZE, THE BLADE IS A GOOD AND LAMINATED STEEL TYPE WITHOUT DAMAGE AND SHOWING CLEAR PATTERNS WITHIN THE STEEL AFTER I GAVE IT A BASIC CLEAN AND ETCH, IT IS STILL VERY SHARP AND ALSO HAS A NICE THICK SPINE AT THE HILT END WHICH GETS THINNER TOWARDS ITS TIP, I CAN SAY VERY LITTLE MORE EXCEPT THAT THE CARRYING SASH IS HELD IN PLACE BY LAYERS OF HARD BLACK LACQUER AND WILL NOT COME OFF AND THE METAL SHEET ON THE SCABBARD IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MIXED SILVER ALLOY ?, AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF ITS TYPE AND VERY COLLECTABLE, IN MY OWN ESTIMATION THIS DUE TO BLADE AND STYLE OF LONGER HILT IS A LOAS TYPE HMONG OR MONTAGNARD SWORD.
SIZE IS, IN SCABBARD 40 INS, OUT 36 INS, BLADE 18-1/4 INS, HILT 17-1/4.NO RETURN, BUYER MUST MAKE FULL PAYMENT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE sale ENDING, \'\'NO EXCEPTIONS\'\'.