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Old 6th March 2013, 02:27 PM   #1
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Thanks for all interesting comments and references!

David, I am sorry for being sloppy with how I used the term pentagram, of course you are correct on this.

Michael
No worries Michael and you weren't the only one or i wouldn't have bothered commenting. I just didn't want to see folks starting to infer some occult references here which always pop up around the use of the pentagram. This star seems to be on a different track.
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Old 6th March 2013, 03:42 PM   #2
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Outstanding input Gene!!! Thank you for the data and illustration of that 'faceted five point star'.
David, I would like to thank you as well for the correction on the character of this five point star on the sword, which is as you well point out, emphatically not a pentagram. That was quite careless of me as I know full well that a pentagram is with intersecting lines and this differently structured star is of course not the same, I simply used the term in error.
I think too often many of us forget that certain terms which have become deeply imbedded in occult circumstances are best avoided unless used properly. Very nicely explained.
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Old 6th March 2013, 07:01 PM   #3
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Thanks Gene!!!

This also explains the green buffalo hilt.

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Old 6th March 2013, 09:20 PM   #4
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Thanks for the compliments Jim and Michael,
Not sure if I'm onto anything, just some thoughts.

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