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8th November 2007, 01:45 AM
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I've been playing with the idea that maybe it was meant to be mounted on a bamboo handle, hence the thick tang. That doesn't make that a lot of sense (wouldn't it shatter the bamboo through internal work?), but it was the only thing I could think of. The idea of it being an experimental piece makes more sense.
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8th November 2007, 05:38 AM
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Rsword,
Can you tell me what the actual measurements on this piece are? You know how much I like oddball items.  Robert |
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9th November 2007, 02:15 AM
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As mentioned, the tang is 4" long and 1/2" thick. The forged part of the blade is 10 3/4" long as measured from the tang to the "clipped" point. It is 3" wide at the widest point towards the point. It definately meets the oddball classification!
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12th November 2007, 12:33 AM
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16th November 2007, 04:09 PM
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It has arrived and I am very pleased with it. I have found out that this style of point is called "baby chick's head" in Thai. I also agree with Rsword that because of the tang that it is either a polearm blade or that of farming tool. I'm leaning more toward the polearm just because of the shape of the tip.
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