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VANDOO · 2nd October 2008, 11:03 PM

A POSSIBLE ORIGIN FOR THE IDEA OF THIS SWORD WOULD BE THE KORA. THEY OCCUR IN NEPAL AND INDIA AND I HAVE SEEN SOME VARIATIONS WITH THREE POINTS AT THE WIDE TIP. THE MOVIE SWORD HAS A STRAIGHT BLADE AND THE POINTS ARE MUCH LARGER AND MORE PROMENENT. IT DOSEN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH WORK WENT INTO MAKEING IT PROBABLY A FLAT PIECE OF ALUMINUM ROUGHLY CUT AND SHAPED. I COULD NOT SEE THE GRIP BUT IT WAS PROBABLY VERY SIMPLE AND CRUDE ALSO. THE INFORMATION ON THE KORA CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 373 OF STONES GLOSSARY.

2nd October 2008, 11:03 PM	#6
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A POSSIBLE ORIGIN FOR THE IDEA OF THIS SWORD WOULD BE THE KORA. THEY OCCUR IN NEPAL AND INDIA AND I HAVE SEEN SOME VARIATIONS WITH THREE POINTS AT THE WIDE TIP. THE MOVIE SWORD HAS A STRAIGHT BLADE AND THE POINTS ARE MUCH LARGER AND MORE PROMENENT. IT DOSEN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH WORK WENT INTO MAKEING IT PROBABLY A FLAT PIECE OF ALUMINUM ROUGHLY CUT AND SHAPED. I COULD NOT SEE THE GRIP BUT IT WAS PROBABLY VERY SIMPLE AND CRUDE ALSO. THE INFORMATION ON THE KORA CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 373 OF STONES GLOSSARY.