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October 2, 2014
The Last Days of an Ancient Sword
Long and curved, with one side edged and a two handed grip, the origins and creators of the sword are difficult to pin down. It possibly came with the Burmese people as they moved across the northwest from India, or perhaps with the Tai people as they migrated south from what is now Yunnan province in China, or it might have also come from the Khmer and Mon people, who were long established in the region before either the Burmese or Tai peoples arrived. What is known is that these light and efficient weapons could be forged in simple foundries, fired with bamboo bellows, sheathed in wood or rattan. Empires ebbed and flowed on the skills of the warriors using them.
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Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 2, 2014 9:01 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
If it ain't double edged you're working twice as hard and are half as efficient. The front swing bisects the belly and the back swing takes out the throat. Gotta come back to the starting point anyway, may as well make it worthwhile.
Posted by: ghostsniper at October 3, 2014 10:52 AM
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