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VANDOO · 31st December 2010, 06:43 PM

ITS GREAT TO SEE SOMETHING I HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.

ITS A BEAUTIFUL ITEM AND THE WORKMANSHIP EXCELLENT. CONGRADULATIONS!
THE ONLY QUESTION THAT RISES IS WHY DID THEY GO TO THE TROUBLE OF CARVING THE PARROTS WHERE THEY ARE COVERED BY THE GAURD ATTACHMENTS? IT WEAKENS THE ATTACHMENT AS WELL AS COVERS THE ART.

PERHAPS THE BLADE WAS LONGER IN THE PAST AND THE HANDLE ADDED LATER TO A SHORTENED BLADE. ARE THERE OTHER FORMS OF DAGGER, SHORT SWORD OR SPEAR WITH THE KATAR SHAPED BLADES THAT OFTEN HAVE THIS SORT OF DECORATION AND WORKMANSHIP.?

31st December 2010, 06:43 PM	#9
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	ITS GREAT TO SEE SOMETHING I HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE. ITS A BEAUTIFUL ITEM AND THE WORKMANSHIP EXCELLENT. CONGRADULATIONS! THE ONLY QUESTION THAT RISES IS WHY DID THEY GO TO THE TROUBLE OF CARVING THE PARROTS WHERE THEY ARE COVERED BY THE GAURD ATTACHMENTS? IT WEAKENS THE ATTACHMENT AS WELL AS COVERS THE ART. PERHAPS THE BLADE WAS LONGER IN THE PAST AND THE HANDLE ADDED LATER TO A SHORTENED BLADE. ARE THERE OTHER FORMS OF DAGGER, SHORT SWORD OR SPEAR WITH THE KATAR SHAPED BLADES THAT OFTEN HAVE THIS SORT OF DECORATION AND WORKMANSHIP.?