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29th January 2013, 10:31 AM
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People often think that single edge and curvature are attributes of Japanese blades, thus south east asian must have borrowed those elements from the Japanese. However, there are many solid evidence pointing out that the curved blade has been around in this region ages prior to first contact with Japanese.
For example, this is a 13th century blade from Vietnam : the way the hilt is not detachable from the blade is fundamentally different from the common Japanese blade  Hi res picture http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/w...a/DSC04505.jpg |
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2nd February 2013, 05:22 PM
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Le Dynasty's Blade - 17th & 18th Century
 Hi res picture http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/w...a/DSC04457.jpg  Hi res picture http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/w...a/DSC04459.jpg Last edited by HangPC2; 2nd February 2013 at 05:33 PM. |
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21st February 2013, 12:52 PM
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KD Panglima Hitam
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