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VANDOO · 31st July 2015, 06:15 PM

THERE ARE SIMILAR FORMS AND DESIGNS AROUND THE WORLD IN CLUBS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BE CAREFUL TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING INTO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE AND BREAK NEW GROUND AND MAKE A NEW DISCOVERY.

I THINK THIS DISCUSSION HAS MUDDIED THE WATERS AS TO WHAT WE HAVE AND WHERE ITS COME FROM. MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION IS THIS FORM OF CLUB /DAGGER IS FOUND THRU-OUT OCEANIA AND OFTEN HAS VARIOUS DESIGNS ON THE HEAD.
IN SOUTH AMERICA THE STABBING WEAPONS GENERALLY TEND TO BE MORE KNIFE LIKE OR LIKE A SHORT SPEAR AND DON'T TEND TO INCORPORATE THE FUNCTION OF A CLUB. IT COULD BE SOUTH AMERICAN BUT THE ODDS FAVOR SOUTH PACIFIC ORIGINS ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT MORE FROM THAT REGION CIRCA WW2 ON THE MARKET THAN FROM SOUTH AMERICA. BUT WHAT DO I KNOW

CARRY ON.

THE REASON I DARE TO BRING THIS UP IS THERE ARE FEW REFERENCES I AM AWARE OF ON SOUTH AMERICAN CLUBS AND WHEN SOMEONE DOES WRITE ONE WE DON'T WANT WRONG INFORMATION HERE AS IT MIGHT BE PASSED ON IN THE BOOK PERPETUATING ANY MISTAKES WE MAKE HERE. THAT IS WHY I OFTEN WARN OF CONJECTURE OR SAY "IDENTIFIED AS" IN SOME OF MY POSTS.

31st July 2015, 06:15 PM	#18
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THERE ARE SIMILAR FORMS AND DESIGNS AROUND THE WORLD IN CLUBS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BE CAREFUL TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING INTO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE AND BREAK NEW GROUND AND MAKE A NEW DISCOVERY. I THINK THIS DISCUSSION HAS MUDDIED THE WATERS AS TO WHAT WE HAVE AND WHERE ITS COME FROM. MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION IS THIS FORM OF CLUB /DAGGER IS FOUND THRU-OUT OCEANIA AND OFTEN HAS VARIOUS DESIGNS ON THE HEAD. IN SOUTH AMERICA THE STABBING WEAPONS GENERALLY TEND TO BE MORE KNIFE LIKE OR LIKE A SHORT SPEAR AND DON'T TEND TO INCORPORATE THE FUNCTION OF A CLUB. IT COULD BE SOUTH AMERICAN BUT THE ODDS FAVOR SOUTH PACIFIC ORIGINS ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT MORE FROM THAT REGION CIRCA WW2 ON THE MARKET THAN FROM SOUTH AMERICA. BUT WHAT DO I KNOW CARRY ON. THE REASON I DARE TO BRING THIS UP IS THERE ARE FEW REFERENCES I AM AWARE OF ON SOUTH AMERICAN CLUBS AND WHEN SOMEONE DOES WRITE ONE WE DON'T WANT WRONG INFORMATION HERE AS IT MIGHT BE PASSED ON IN THE BOOK PERPETUATING ANY MISTAKES WE MAKE HERE. THAT IS WHY I OFTEN WARN OF CONJECTURE OR SAY "IDENTIFIED AS" IN SOME OF MY POSTS. Last edited by VANDOO; 31st July 2015 at 07:09 PM.