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Old 26th March 2011, 08:44 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by David R
Looked through the Royal Armouries Indian collection again, the balance of probability is an Indian Lance head of the 18th 19th C. Same for Katana's posted piccy. The engraved decoration and the hollow ground faces looks pretty diagnostic to me. They didn't need to be super sharp, you are backing them up with a galloping horse after all, and to punch through armour a rigid blade section is more important.
Very cool. Thank You, David!
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