Use of swords in American Indian tribes

[ariel]

I second your doubts.
Spaniards were never in "control" of Ceylon ( Sri Lanka). Portuguese, then Dutch, then. ( post 1802) British.

AFAIK, the D -guard of kastane was introduced by the Dutch, but those did not venture into British Columbia.

The easiest explanation would involve a Brit , military or otherwise

[fernando]

Originally Posted by ariel

... AFAIK, the D -guard of kastane was introduced by the Dutch, but those did not venture into British Columbia...

I would elect this sword grip as being the most bizarre introduction to Kastane typology, whether it was a Ceylonese smith who made it or such modification found its way while travelling to America.

[kronckew]

see 'red sun' 1971 - charles bronson/toshiro mifune/unrsula andress, wild west, katanas, samurai, comanches, got it all... sword sent by emperor to the president gets stolen in a train robbery, samurai mifune teams up with bronson to recover the sword and the rest of the looted stuff. many bad people succumb to the samurai's katana. Red Sun

p.s. - mifune's katana winds up stuck in a corn field maybe the black feet found it - (my family is in part, alabama black foot)

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by kronckew

see 'red sun' 1971 - charles bronson/toshiro mifune/unrsula andress, wild west, katanas, samurai, comanches, got it all... sword sent by emperor to the president gets stolen in a train robbery, samurai mifune teams up with bronson to recover the sword and the rest of the looted stuff. many bad people succumb to the samurai's katana. Red Sun

p.s. - mifune's katana winds up stuck in a corn field maybe the black feet found it - (my family is in part, alabama black foot)

I always loved this movie!! and it was such a fantastic confluence of cultures between the Samaurai and the 'cowboy'/gunfighter of the west. When I first became interested in the actual levels of sword use by American Indians, and seeing that katana in Red Cloud's possession this movie was my first thought.

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by kronckew

see 'red sun' 1971 - charles bronson/toshiro mifune/unrsula andress, wild west, katanas, samurai, comanches, got it all... sword sent by emperor to the president gets stolen in a train robbery, samurai mifune teams up with bronson to recover the sword and the rest of the looted stuff. many bad people succumb to the samurai's katana. Red Sun

p.s. - mifune's katana winds up stuck in a corn field maybe the black feet found it - (my family is in part, alabama black foot)

Great movie. I love it. a lot...