Laz Bichaq - sickle sword of 1500bc ?

tom hyle · 25th May 2005, 02:19 AM

Pretty muchly, and contrary to the name sickle sword, the cutting edge is on the outside of the curve, as on laz bichaq. Interesting co-incidence; I just sent Conogre a long-promised photo of, I think, this same sword because of his queries on the khopesh thread. I think this would have had scales of probably bone/ivory at one time. No rivet holes, you say? I've seen these hilts provided with little triangles around the tang band(?!?) that were bent down to clamp the scale, also with nails thru the edge; other times scales are said to have been adhered in. The scales themselves are usually gone. There are straight daggers too with this same type hilt design (though symetrical); flat with a tang band, no rivet holes.

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25th May 2005, 02:19 AM	#3
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Pretty muchly, and contrary to the name sickle sword, the cutting edge is on the outside of the curve, as on laz bichaq. Interesting co-incidence; I just sent Conogre a long-promised photo of, I think, this same sword because of his queries on the khopesh thread. I think this would have had scales of probably bone/ivory at one time. No rivet holes, you say? I've seen these hilts provided with little triangles around the tang band(?!?) that were bent down to clamp the scale, also with nails thru the edge; other times scales are said to have been adhered in. The scales themselves are usually gone. There are straight daggers too with this same type hilt design (though symetrical); flat with a tang band, no rivet holes.