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I just ran into some unusual examples, if anyone has some other images I would like to see them.
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Images of my two Tiger Claw Daggers.
Best regards to all. Brian |
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Hello,
I think the top piece with the half-gauntlet is more of a parrying weapon like the saintie than a bagh nakh. Emanuel |
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Here are images of a saintie (lt) and a sainti (rt), both rather rare parrying weapons. Then you have the haladie (bottom). |
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The example I question is a basically a small shield with blades on it. The bagh nakh is a small "glove" with claws hidden in the hand. One is a parrying weapon, the other is a small concealed weapon.
Santie/saintie may not be the name for it, but it is a parrying weapon. I won't repost them here but I think you added some awesome parrying weapons on your Pinterest. They do seem to vary a lot, some more like the madu or the haladie, others more like jamadhar. Last edited by Emanuel; 10th November 2015 at 03:51 AM. |
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I disagree with you Eric but I'll leave it at that.
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I wonder how the first weapon will be used.
One of my books says, that the intention of the bagh nakh is to simulate a tiger attack, to hide an assassination. Roland |
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I have also read that the bagh nakh was used in a type of one on one ritual combat. "The Art of Attack: Being a Study in the Development of Weapons and Appliances of Offence, from the Earliest Times to the Age of Gunpowder", by Henry Swainson Cowper W. Holmes, Limited, Printers, 1906. Quote:
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I am jumping in when all the relevant things were already said. Thus, just my personal opinion.
This cannot be a Bagh Nakh, because it is not hidden. Some strange mix of a parrying shield, bazu band and multi blade katar. India is full of bizarre combination weapons. Perhaps, this one was not very handy and the pattern withered away; hence the rarity. Might have been devilishly hard to invent a name for such a mutt. Maltipoo or goldendoodle must have been child plays in comparison:-) It has its charm, however. |
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Manner of using the wagnuk, from: "Life in Bombay, and the neighbouring out-stations", Richard Bentley, 1852. Last edited by estcrh; 15th November 2015 at 11:53 PM. |
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Dear Estcrh,
I see no reason for you insisting that the weapon in the opening post of this thread is a bagh nakh, as it bears no resemblance to the small hidden devices by that name. Neither can such a weapon be used as is a bagh nakh. Totally different. Best wishes, Richard. |
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![]() I would love to see an illustration of exactly how this is deployed as a weapon. |
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We are in agreement. That's exactly what I said about it: not very handy, hence very rare. Even in India known for her abundance of bizarre forms, weapons that were mechanically unsound did not survive for long. Bank with an over-curved blade is an example. Indians had a lot of imagination, but they were not dummies and a common sense always prevailed. |
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