Elephant swords

ariel · 3rd December 2018, 02:50 PM

Yes, that is what I was talking about: a single stabbing thingie on each tusk.

African ivory might have been stronger for making sword handles, but regretfully to have stronger ivory of a battle elephant they would have to drag the entire living creature from Africa.
Taking into account that any respectable Indian army had to have 500-800 battle elephants , that would have been a major undertaking:-))))

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3rd December 2018, 02:50 PM	#12
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Yes, that is what I was talking about: a single stabbing thingie on each tusk. African ivory might have been stronger for making sword handles, but regretfully to have stronger ivory of a battle elephant they would have to drag the entire living creature from Africa. Taking into account that any respectable Indian army had to have 500-800 battle elephants , that would have been a major undertaking:-))))