Interesting rounded tip kindjal

ariel · 1st July 2007, 03:21 AM

Leslie Blanch in her book "Sabres of Paradise" quotes native Caucasians that the true purpose of Kindjal was to slash and not to stab. Her local informers told her that stabbing was an un-gentlemanly

way of fighting and that a "stabber" was viewed with derision. Are we seeing an extreme illustration ? After all, it was just as easy to restore the point, and the fullers would "run off" anyway.

1st July 2007, 03:21 AM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Leslie Blanch in her book "Sabres of Paradise" quotes native Caucasians that the true purpose of Kindjal was to slash and not to stab. Her local informers told her that stabbing was an un-gentlemanly way of fighting and that a "stabber" was viewed with derision. Are we seeing an extreme illustration ? After all, it was just as easy to restore the point, and the fullers would "run off" anyway.