maldives swords?

Amuk Murugul · 23rd September 2021, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ausjulius

i can find no images of maldives swords.. but one fo the stamps from the maldives showed a man with a sheild and sword however the small drawing dosnt give any impression as to who the sword looks.
does any oen have any informaiton on the swords of those islands.
the knvies are very distinct. so i woudl imagine the swords would follow a distinct style too.

Hullo ausjulius!

Hope this helps:
https://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/maldivesmale&page=9
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.p...7&postcount=10
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.p...27&postcount=1
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.p...96&postcount=1
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.p...73&postcount=1

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ausjulius · 24th September 2021, 09:37 AM

thanks
the image from the museum dont show any local swords. (had a good look at this before) the have a mix of indian. arab, british, sri lankan and a burmese sword.. ect..
im very curious as to what the native maldevian swords looks like.

24th September 2021, 09:37 AM	#2
ausjulius Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: musorian territory Posts: 477	thanks the image from the museum dont show any local swords. (had a good look at this before) the have a mix of indian. arab, british, sri lankan and a burmese sword.. ect.. im very curious as to what the native maldevian swords looks like.