Last one! Some sort of dha?

Valjhun · 23rd March 2006, 05:30 PM

I vote for Sinai Bedouin sword. As Ariel SenSei, always states they used every blade they came across. I would guess that in this case they used an african blade.

THE HILT IS A REAL BEAUTY!!!!!

ariel · 23rd March 2006, 08:18 PM

Valjhun,
I'll show your "sensei-ing" mr to my wife, kids and cats. Perhaps some of them will give me a modicum of respect after that.
No, it is not Sinai. The handle is wrong and (even though they used any blade available), the blade is not even close.
I distinctly remember we discussed this or a very sword relatively recently;
The thread is somewhere in the archives, within the past year, but I am off tomorrow for a buseness meeting over the weekend.
If there is more than one of such swords, we may be seeing a new, undescribed, pattern.
Worth looking in the archives!

PUFF · 24th March 2006, 06:16 AM

The tip has been reforged to upward profile, I guessed.

23rd March 2006, 05:30 PM	#1
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	I vote for Sinai Bedouin sword. As Ariel SenSei, always states they used every blade they came across. I would guess that in this case they used an african blade. THE HILT IS A REAL BEAUTY!!!!!

23rd March 2006, 08:18 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Valjhun, I'll show your "sensei-ing" mr to my wife, kids and cats. Perhaps some of them will give me a modicum of respect after that. No, it is not Sinai. The handle is wrong and (even though they used any blade available), the blade is not even close. I distinctly remember we discussed this or a very sword relatively recently; The thread is somewhere in the archives, within the past year, but I am off tomorrow for a buseness meeting over the weekend. If there is more than one of such swords, we may be seeing a new, undescribed, pattern. Worth looking in the archives!

24th March 2006, 06:16 AM	#3
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	The tip has been reforged to upward profile, I guessed.