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Old 11th December 2010, 03:11 AM   #2
celtan
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Hi Guys,

Jim, I mean no disrespect, just trying to learn. But, weren't "hollow" blades _any_ blade with concave faces/mesas such as a triangular cross-cut (cc) estoc blade..?

Many swedish palasch blades were of hollow diamond cc.

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
In the 18th century these smallsword type blades were called 'hollow blades'.
(Aylward, 1945, p. 38)
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