[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by fernando

... It seems as alfange is connected to Persian FAchar, or Urdu URchar, originated from the Arabic ARchar (Al khanjar); poping around through the Spano-Arab al-hangal ... pretended by others to be al-janyar (puñal?). If you go by the digestive description/definition, you fall into the bottomless well of the short, slightly curved wide blade sabres range which, in its widest interpretation, embraces the European falchion, fauchar, bracamarte, messer, storta, the Turc Kiliç, the Indian talwar, the Arab saif ... not to speak about their Spanish (Peninsular?) keen alfanjón, alfanjonazo and alfanjete; even the terciado (so much discussed in the kampilan thread) or the chafarote ... look at me, breathless ... the pieces you are looking for, Lorenz ...
End of this unschooled chapter

Fernando, wow that's a very beautiful sweeping panorama, the way you walked us through those swords! If that's what "unschooled" means, get me out of those learning institutions Thanks!