17th September 2009, 11:20 PM | #1 |
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need help for this one
For a friend of mine.
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17th September 2009, 11:32 PM | #2 |
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Hello Luc,
it's a Phia Kaetta from Ceylon, a Singhalese dagger, you will find many threads about this dagger. One just ended by e-bay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEDWX:IT I byself don't know so much about, but I like them very much. sajen I just found this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht=phia+kaetta |
17th September 2009, 11:33 PM | #3 |
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This is a piha kaetta from Sri Lanka. I believe there is a nice article about these in the ethnographic forum resource guide.
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18th September 2009, 07:10 AM | #4 |
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More info on these here http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000498.html
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18th September 2009, 10:15 AM | #5 |
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18th September 2009, 01:44 PM | #6 |
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Sweet piece Luc.
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19th September 2009, 12:40 AM | #7 |
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Thanks all for these details !
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