How do you like them drops?

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Just a drop comparison, top to bottom: Gelbu special, 1950's(???) villager, victorian, m43 clone( hadn't realized how 19th cent. they look!) hanshee crash test blade, and a very nice little sundang. Check out how similar the angle of attack is.
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And a Jun Silva sundang that drops 5" or so from grip centerline
 
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I was lost, then I was found but now I'm lost again. Seems to be a semi vicious circle.
 
J W Bensinger said:
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, victorian, m43 clone( hadn't realized how 19th cent. they look!)
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Your not alone JW! Thats for sure. Im enjoying your contributions! Please dont stop! I too was wondering about the M43 similarities to the Victorian. Also the KLVUK compared to the BAS. I dont have BAS or M43 but have been trying to pick brains about them. Since I have a few KLVUKS already for light or medium chopping the M43 has really peeked my interest.
Those Sundangs are nice. The Jun Silva looks like it would make a great chopper or weapon depending on how much forward mass you wanted to put on it?
 
Ndog- the Silva is fast, and bites deep- it's chisel ground and 1/4" thick, tapering to a little over 1/8". Kinda like a barong with drop to it. Shears more than chops.
 
How's this for a drop?

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Nice Hanshe. There are some around with even more extreme drops.

Someone posted a comment awhile back that the extreme shape was to go over and around the edges of a shield held by an opponent. Don't know if that was true, but few people fight with shields nowadays, unless you happen to run into the Lost Legion of Rome. For that matter, few people fight with blades. Even the Ghurkas mostly use automatic weapons and helicoptors, plus the occasional tripod.
 
I thought the hanshee was designed for sacrificing animals. Apparently it's bad luck if you don't take the head all the way off with one chop.
 
Seems like it would sure work for that.

I think the whole concept is to act like a hook and pull the neck, or arm or whatever your cutting off towards you and hence slicing at the same time. Rather than just whack it with a straight blade where only total brute force would drive the blade straight through.
I of course don't speak from experience, I never dismembered nobody, course the day ain't over yet neither. Just reading.
 
Mine is great. Made by Keshar Lal and in Auntie's words, it's "Keshar Lal's best effort". Only downside is it was marked using the vibro-pen instead of a stamp. I got it as a blem because of a small crack in the handle but it's really not noticeable.
 
If I remember correctly, you already expressed your jealousy on the day I got it :p
 
i would never train with mine unless i wanted to end my stay on this earth-- you guys got lots of moxy swinging those death machines around
 
I don't know about striking over/around shields, but the hanshees do reduce the likelihood of smashing your knuckles on the guy's shield. That's a lot of the purpose for medieval sword guards.
There's also an old account (related in Secret History of the Sword) of a cut to the back of the shieldside thigh with a kopis- which might as well be a khuk)
 
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