Falcata model, pix & specs

Thanks for posting the pix, Anton. I had emailed Bill the other day asking about the wooden model. The end of the handle resembles a horse's head IMHO and I like your work on it. I'll definitely be getting one of these, though I'll probably wait until the kamis get the hang of making them.

Bob

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The Milk Snake: Beautiful, harmless, good-natured, eats venomous snakes for lunch.
 
About how wide will the blade be?

Bob

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The Milk Snake: Beautiful, harmless, good-natured, eats venomous snakes for lunch.
 
The blade of the model is 6.3 cm (2 1/2") at the widest point, and around 4 cm (~ 1 1/2 ") at the narrowest part.


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Oh, don’t worry – the actual model is not as good as the picture suggests
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I think we've found a new candidate for the "Light Hearted Question" thread.
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Bob
 
Excellent model Anton! In fact all the pictures of models that the HI forumites
have made look very good. I wonder if the
kamis ever hold the models Uncle Bill
sends them in their hands and say outloud "You know those guys are pretty good!".
Much the way we hold their finished
products in awe?
 
What about the scabbard? Will there be anything out of the ordinary about it? I'm thinking that the falcata would look pretty good in the scabbard with the three or four brass rings around it (I forget the type of khuk that has this scabbard configuration and I'm too lazy to search for it with my slow computer). Does anyone else feel the same? Anton, did you have something else in mind as far as the scabbard?

Bob

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The Milk Snake: Beautiful, harmless, good-natured, eats venomous snakes for lunch.
 
Big Bob, this is the only picture I've ever found dealing with a “falcata” scabbard. A friend of mine send it to me some time ago, stating it was from a “children’s book”, but that the reconstructions were based on actual archaeological evidence.

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(sorry, the jpg is a little blocky…)

Somehow, the source, link, or other credits of the picture got lost, so I can’t say anything about its credibility (I really do not know if the illustrator was inspired by Khukuri scabbards or not, but I found the small utility knife to be a rather nice touch). But anyway, this comes pretty close to the style of scabbard you have mentioned, I guess. The only thing I do not like about that scabbard is, that it is worn on the right side. I'd somehow prefer it to be on the left side, "cross-draw" and "edge-upward" style.
On the other hand, I’d guess that this type of scabbard (even without the “karda”) would make the falcata a little more expensive…


anton

ok, some day I'll learn how to post pictures...

[This message has been edited by Anton Irmen (edited 05-10-2001).]
 
Anton, I've never seen a falcata scabbard either (I remember a few years back looking through a Museum Replicas mag, there was a falcata in it but it didn't come with a scabbard. The type of khuk scabbard I was thinking of is the chainpuri style. Or, maybe we could request that the scabbard be done like the type on the Ganesh-Bhimsen Special:

http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum65/HTML1000364.html

The wood carving on the scabbard could be optional.

Another possibility could be to have the scabbard done in the manner that some of the 18th Century khuk scabbards were done, with a wood and metal covering. Bill, do you (or anyone else) have any pix of this type of scabbard? I know that it was shown in your earlier brochure of a few years back.

Whatever the type of scabbard, I don't think I'd want any extra utility knives with it, YMMV. BTW Anton, the khuk scabbards are usually made to be carried on the left like you wanted, so at least that problem is solved.
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Bob

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The Milk Snake: Beautiful, harmless, good-natured, eats venomous snakes for lunch.



[This message has been edited by Big Bob (edited 05-11-2001).]
 
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