Help pls. on 15th-17th C. cutlass & scimitar

Gonzalo G · 12th February 2009, 05:19 AM

Jim, I don´t see any european influence there. Maybe even the machete is the result of the influence of the indonesian-phlippine over occidental weapons, isn´t it? At least, I can trace the ancestry of the machete among this eastern patterns, and not in the european arsenal. I don´t deny the mutual influences, but they are not something as the result of the "civilizing influence of Europe over the world." Philippines and Indonesia were first influenced by the indian and islamic cultures, but they never lost their local cultural identities.

12th February 2009, 05:19 AM	#11
Gonzalo G Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nothern Mexico Posts: 458	Jim, I don´t see any european influence there. Maybe even the machete is the result of the influence of the indonesian-phlippine over occidental weapons, isn´t it? At least, I can trace the ancestry of the machete among this eastern patterns, and not in the european arsenal. I don´t deny the mutual influences, but they are not something as the result of the "civilizing influence of Europe over the world." Philippines and Indonesia were first influenced by the indian and islamic cultures, but they never lost their local cultural identities.