The new HI Garu Dhaw by Bura & Jag. Pix and deal.

Bill Martino

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Bura and our new master kami, 55 year old Jag, teamed up with thier 80+ years experience to bring us this HI Garu Dhaw-- presentation grade and not like you'd see in the fields of Southern India. Carries the HI logo, Bura's mark on left side of blade and a swastika on the right side of blade to let us know Jag had his hands in the pot -- or forge -- on this one.

As indicated they call this a Garu Dhaw (dha?). It is excellent workmanship -- fit, finish, hardness all you could ask for. It is 18 inches overall, weighs about 1.5 pounds and the blade is 1/4 inch thick. The scabbard is velvet lined, hinged, commerical lock, and is the result of collaboration of Bura, Jag, and sarki with no name.

Here is what they had to tell us excerpted verbatim:

"THIS KNIFE IS USUALLY USE IN SOUTH PART OF INDIA IN ASHAM, MEGALAYA AND NAGALAND. THESE PEOPLE WISH TO USE THIS KNIFE AS IT CUT'S IN MANY WAYS. THE TIP PART OF THIS KNIFE IS TO DIG THE WOOD, BAMBOO ETC. THE SECAND PART WILL HELP TO SLICE SOME THING AND THE ENDING PART WILL USE TO CUT TO PICES THE WOOD".

So, there you have it straight from the horses mouth -- so to speak.

We will deliver this first HI Garu Dhaw to your door for $150.

Call or email if interested.


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Definitely different and very unusual to make the understatement of the year!!!!!
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And it appeals to me because it is those things.
Harry I am really glad you got here first, you saved me money that I don't really have at the moment.
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Bro I see the edge on the underneath side, but I'm wondering just how many edges are sharp?

And I like the idea of the swastika on the blade.
The southwestern ndns used the symbol of the twirling timbers for eons until the nazis took it for their insignia.
Then several southwest tribes got together voluntarily and signed a document that they would no longer use the insignia.
I would have to look to be sure of just when that was done
though.
I for one love the swastika and what it meant before the nazis took it for themselves and I wish the ndns would start using it again.
It didn't lose its original meaning for many other parts of the world and the indigneous people there.
And on Turtle Island the swastika represented eternity and other good things.
Still does for me.

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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.

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Uhhh, Harry, "remember"?
Did you already "know" about this one?
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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
That is really an interesting peice. I love it when they put their heads together for a new project. The work that keeps coming out of HI is amazing...

Alan
 
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Uhhh, Harry, "remember"?
Did you already "know" about this one?
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Well....ulp....there was mention of this in another thread....

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Harry
 
That is one wild design. Talk about a picture being worth 1K words. I don't know how you'd begin to describe the Garu Dhaw without visual aids. Makes me wonder why Harry was so eager to pounce on this one sight unseen, unless the words "new design" were sufficient for the Great Collector.
 
I think that I need one now....

Cause the falcata will come and then the Kenpo Special, and then I will need something else.
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I remember my Eastern Civilization instructor telling us about how the first of the imported Pokemon caused controversy because they had swastikas on them.

I also saw a couple of them on the palace doors during a news story covering the recent massacre in Nepal.

Different parts of the world, different meanings.

Bob

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Well, they could have done one of the exotic variations:
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The Indian Sword, P.S. Rawson, "Assam". Plate 46, Naga Daos. Looks like a version of D, which Rawson calls a "Songtam painted Dao".
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">The Dao is the constant companion of the hillman of Assam in his daily life. As well as being a weapon it serves innumerable other purposes, such as felling timber, house building, making wooden implements such as the women's weaving apparatus, and cutting the hair. It is always kept exceedingly sharp so that it can execute the finest work as well as the heaviest.</font>
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