Nepalese Pra-swords

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Interesting piece Ariel,

If one goes pre.1800 thier are many unusualy bladed Nepalese weapons, kukri, kora & other strange beasts, some typicle Yataghan shaped even ,most that dont appear in western litriture & collections.

I think the origin of the kukri is still wide open myself, gaps of many centurys in most reasonings, which makes it all debatable.

I think kora were often used in Nepal later than often supposed, not just for sacrafice either. Their have been a few photo about, saddley I dont have rights to them though.

There are still armourys there with lorry loads of rusty, holed, falling apart relics them, realy sad when one sees a few were inlayed in fairly thick gold even & were other what once great pieces. Most serious market traders & of course dealers there can find you 20 or so in a few minutes to peruse.

Spiral