Burmese swords

[george stando]

I really loved the look and feel of the long weapon. At first I was wondering if it was a two hand weapon like a samurai sword for a powerful two handed swing.

Maybe black crown can take a look and let us know his thoughts on it.

[black crown]

Hi All,

I have limited knowledge about this sword. It seems a bit different from what I've seen. Normal Darb for center part of Thaland is about 37-40 inches long , 24-28 inches for blade and about 10-14 inches for handle. But in the northern part, Darb is smaller and shorter. Blade will be around 20-24 inches and the handle is about 8-10 inches.

Those sizes are roughly figures....

For the bigger and longer sword, it supposes to use for horses legs. But it's not this size and shape....

BTW, Here are a lot of people who know about Darb.

http://www.konrakmeed.com/webboard/upload/index.php?showforum=5

You can post some questions there. Most of the threads're started in Thai but lots of users there were educated abroad and speak english very well.

[george stando]

Hi Black Crown!

Thats for the help. Its definitely an unusual sword, quite interesting. I will look into the link.

George

[Tee Sok]

Thanks for the information, that forum seems interesting.

[Da Pope]

Cant see the clip. Keeps saying "This video is private."

[george stando]

I just tried all the links and they worked. Are you on a work computer that blocks some sites, etc?

[Tee Sok]

Another interesting website, the quantity of swords shown here is impressive, some of the most beautiful swords I have seen:

The Dha Research Archive - Sword Index

[george stando]

I saved that new link, fede. There is alot of amazing swords on display in those pages.

[Tee Sok]

same here, I also saved the pictures because those swords are really unique, and also those of the old Burmese warriors are very interesting.

[george stando]

thang ta weapons training from manipur, not burmese or thai but interesting in relation to what we have shown and talked about

YouTube - sword drills of thang ta

YouTube - sword drill

[george stando]

Fon Jerng Lanna

YouTube - Fon Jerng Lanna

YouTube - Fon Jerng Lanna2

[Tee Sok]

thang ta weapons training from manipur, not burmese or thai but interesting in relation to what we have shown and talked about

YouTube - sword drills of thang ta

YouTube - sword drill

Beautiful forms, I love the overall body and swords movement and the low stances.

[Tee Sok]

thang ta weapons training from manipur, not burmese or thai but interesting in relation to what we have shown and talked about

YouTube - sword drills of thang ta

YouTube - sword drill

Nice, there are some similarities, even the blade widens towards the tip like Thai and Burmese swords. Even if these were replicas they were being used as real swords.

[george stando]

another nice cross section of swords with the dha at the bottom, some unusual ones in here:

*Mandau*Shamshir*Yataghan*Kilij*Indo-Persian Swords*Moro*Keris*Barong*Dha*Tulwar*Khanjar*PeshKabz*Kris*Parang*Jian*Dao*Katar*Shaska*Oriental*Kind jal*Karabela*Arms*Armour*

[Tee Sok]

Thanks a lot for that, very beautiful collection of weapons. There could be a thread for every single weapon shown there, so much to learn!