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asomotif
3rd April 2008, 12:33 PM
Dear All,
What did I buy :confused:
CourseEight
3rd April 2008, 01:42 PM
That's a Salampasu sword; this thread has a picture posted by Freddy that looks like yours, hair and all:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5493&highlight=salampasu
Looks like a real nice one to me!
--Radleigh
Freddy
3rd April 2008, 02:20 PM
Indeed a very nice piece, and complete with the tail. I have never found one like that before. Congratulations !
asomotif
3rd April 2008, 09:27 PM
Thanks for the info.
Salampasu is just not the first word that came to my mind.
With this word and some googling I notice that these swords are amazingly uniform in size, form and decoration.
The tails appeear to be very original to the word. In fact these are 3 tails.
The black one appears to be an actual complete tail (skin without the bone)
The brown ones I am not sure, maybe they ar put together by strips of fur.
Did they (the Salampasu, is it the tribes name) make shields too?
Luc LEFEBVRE
3rd April 2008, 10:13 PM
A good heavy weapon the Salampasu sword !
I don't know Salampasu shield, no example in my documentation.
Luc
Luc LEFEBVRE
3rd April 2008, 10:18 PM
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ariel
3rd April 2008, 11:46 PM
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Wasn't he the leading actor on " The Pumpkinhead"?
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