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Found this article accidentally. It is from Journal of Bhutan Studies, vol. 5, pp.94-112, 2001.
http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/publ..._Vol5/v5-8.pdf |
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There is so little information about these swords...
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Thank you Ariel, cool stuff
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How about putting it in the Classics?
I understand it is not a classy definitive study, but we have so little information about these swords, that every shred of info has high value that may become useful some day. It ain't no 3 course dinner from a 5 Star Michelin establishment, but hungry man might be grateful for a Burger King hamburger even without fries and Coke. |
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This is such a rare piece of work … I agree.
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Cool, the King wears his sword frequently. Note it is worn on the right side.
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from the limited material available about this topic it appears they have a strong and active local knife and sword culture.. in the photos and videos you can see form there archery shops selling bows and arrows are common places. and locals carry an array of bladed tools. on youtube there is quite a few videos about sword and knfie makign form various tibetian regions.. but none form bhutan.. which surprises me as there is plenty of footage showing they are very common there.. but no videos on thier making. bhutanese seem to be good with english.. really surprised i havent seen any videos yet..
also i saw some place a mention in an old article that they made clubs or throwing clubs of some type, dont remember where i saw this now.. . but ive never seen an example.. if anyone has see or heard of such a thing.. would be interesting.. |
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