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I remember a couple of years back Napolean Swords came up for sale every once and a while...are these still being made?? I'm looking for a sword for my Girlfriend and thought of those...if not any suggestions?
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Napolean swords
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Definately, she loves all things sharp and pointy..
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Thank you Yandu. I will.
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The HI katanas are nice, and unique, really- they've been trying different curves, handles, sheaths, etc. lately. That might do nicely.
You can watch the "Kill Bill" movies together.
Mike
Have already watched Kill Bill together, Hong Kong Hustle, House of Flying Daggers, etc..She's a big Anime fan too (which I just don't get) She has a couple of traditional Kats I was looking for something totally different, would get her a kukri but she says they scare her go figure..
anyone have any thoughts on the Himalayan Swords?
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Sounds like it might be true love though.
Heheh, that what I thought.
What about a Bhutanese sword? Short Tibetan? Or, what's that other one called, Manjushree?
l've been contemplating an H.I. yataghan or khopesh.
A Yataghan is the sword the H.I. 'Movie Model' was inspired from. The Movie Model comes close... but not just quite.
The H.I. 'kopesh' I was envisioning is really a 25" Sirupati (or Chitlangi) with an extra curve to the blade. Sort-of a sirupati-khopesh hybrid. It would look more like a mesopotamian sapara than a true egyptian khopesh.
This example is Assyrian from about 1300 BCE. For scale it is 21 3/8" (54.3cm) long.
A Yataghan is the sword the H.I. 'Movie Model' was inspired from. The Movie Model comes close... but not just quite.
The H.I. 'kopesh' I was envisioning is really a 25" Sirupati (or Chitlangi) with an extra curve to the blade. Sort-of a sirupati-khopesh hybrid. It would look more like a mesopotamian sapara than a true egyptian khopesh.
This example is Assyrian from about 1300 BCE. For scale it is 21 3/8" (54.3cm) long.
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I've always liked the kopesh and sappara look, but I read that the designs were eventually abandoned due to the awkward balance of it. Not that I'd be out warring with the Pharaoh anyway. :-/
I think the balance would be about the same as a sirupati of the same length so long as the weight, blade thickness, and blade width were close enough to sirupati specs.
What I've found with my 25" sirupati is it's fairly agile in the hand for a blade of its size & weight, but it's a bit slow on the recovery compared to something like a gladius, which would be in the same size class.