Odd Blade

And here i thought CS had an aggressive pattern! kind of reminds of the old saws my neighbor used to paint a la Bob Ross. maybe its a steak knife for a fred Flintstone brontosaurus porterhouse:D
just a thought.

Jake
 
Pix of those have been posted before. Interesting swords.:cool:
IIRC it is some kind of Indian or Indian Temple Ceremonial Sword. Our own Mr.Powell will tell us for sure when he comes along.:D
 
After a littler closer look, I'm going under the
assumption that this would un-sheath with quite some difficulty...
probably not something efficient to wear on the belt. ;)
 
the filework sure is interesting, though...
 
Bob Ross.... That's great. I'd forgotten all about his "happy Little Trees." :D Thanks for dredging up those memories, Jake.

To stay on topic..... I don't know what that thing is.

Brian
 
There were many instances of fighting swords being serrated.
They are more effective at hand to hand combat.
They grab and tear tissue in ways that a regular sword might glance..

Notable examples include the german dusagge, the japanese shikorogatana and the german sawblade bayonet.
 
German Dussage... Very intersting weapon, never heard of it before. Thanks Danny.:D
Decorator_Swords_Dusagge__Cutlass_8808_379.jpg


Edit: Couldn't find anything on Google about the Japanese Shikorogatana
 
Yvsa,
Let me recommend that you go the the bookstore and buy the biggest most comprehensive book you can find about edged weapons.
The internet is fun, but there is nobody out there checking it to make sure its correct.

I made a scan of Hatsumi Sensei holding a shikoro gatana from hiden magazine.
If you look closely, you can see the sawteeth on his katana.Shikoro gatana
 
I understand that a lot of Indian palace swords were curved & serated in this manner. I guess they probably held them "at guard" rather than sheathed.
They were Meant to look intimidating to potential assasins I would presume!

Spiral
 
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