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10th June 2007, 04:41 PM | #1 |
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saudi executioners sword
First appologies for another morbid question by me. Has anyone got any pics of a real modern saudi executioner's sword (this would be classed as ethnogenic right) ? I don't want pics of executions (seriously). I just want to know what the sword looks like and the steel used for the blade. I guess it would be very high carbon steel that keeps a great edge. I am also interested to know if they are decorated with jewels etc as the Saudi government alledgedly pays thousands of dollars for them. Also are they the same swords used now as used in the past. A picture and details of steel would be very interesting to see. Picture pleaseeee
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11th June 2007, 09:12 AM | #3 |
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Thanks for the clip. Interesting looking sword. He mentioned the handle broke once. Perhaps it didn't have a full tang.
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I have one problem with the sword. After cutting off so many heads the blade would show signs of wear such as nicks or the the blade itself would be worn down from constant resharpening. I remember reading that in Europe the swords used in beheadings were a big hassle to maintain due to the fact that they had to be resharpened after every use.
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[QUOTE=Bill]Would a well made blade nick on bone?
Yes it would. Lew |
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Human heads come off easily to a skilled heads man. At Nanking Japanese officers held competitions to see who could behead the most people without stopping for rest. These were published in Japanese papers. It was usual to get over 100 beheadings done. Some of the contempary Japanese reports mention bent or nicked blades, but many katana {both old & new.} came through unscathed. I have a kukri used for beheading buffalo in a Nepali village every year since 1918 or 1919 at Dashien in Nepal up untill 2 years ago. No nicks on it. Thats because The idea is to hit between the vertebrae, not smack in the middle of one! thats whats seperates the experts from the amatuers. Spiral |
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