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Old 26th April 2017, 12:50 PM   #16
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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.
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