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Originally Posted by kronckew
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In the latter part of the 17th C., There were a lot of yats available from the Turks just lying about for the taking after their owners didn't need them any more..... A few polite discussions outside Wien convinced the Turks to go home amost leaving their weapons behind for their Christian hosts who had admired them. ....
They, of course, converted them to better fit in with their own methodology and arts.
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A neat summing up methinks of the origin of these interesting variations on the original theme.
20th September 2018, 03:02 PM
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