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15th April 2020, 04:14 AM | #1 | |
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It seems to be optional. p.s. - Viet DaDao tend to have very abbreviated guards (and decorated blades). Last edited by kronckew; 15th April 2020 at 04:34 AM. |
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15th April 2020, 04:50 AM | #2 | |
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A nice classic example of the genre, thanks for sharing the pic. It has a guard of sorts, rather small, serving more to keep the user's hand fro sliding up onto the edge. The appearance of such a rudimentary guard on a Vietnamese weapon may be influenced by small or absent guards on a number of other SE Asian edged weapons such as dhas, barongs, and the like.
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wow, imagine one of these made in Central America. Wonders never cease. I thought that I'd seen it all some years ago when a friend forwarded to me an eBay listing showing a decorative pair of Chinese brass-mounted shortswords (double edged straight blades) that could well pass for old (not that the originals were all that fabulous to begin with) EXCEPT -- that each blade was deeply stamped at the forte, "MADE IN INDIA".
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