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Old 17th June 2005, 06:43 AM   #2
Antonio Cejunior
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It is interesting that by my eye judgement, the handle is 1/3 of the overall length, which means it is 1/2 of the blade's lenght.

In a purely functional perspective, I have always thought that the golden proportions for a sword would always be 1/3 handle + 2/3 blade.
It just works in very harmonious balance and the Thais knew that.

Some of my own examples just to corroborate:







Apologies for the bandwith.

Thanks once more.
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