Nathaniel,
Just a few pictures to illustrate what Mark said. I have seen antique matched pairs at both the Armory in the Grand Palace and one especially nice set for sale at the River City Antique Mall (however they wanted the equivalent of $10,000). Just an assumption but I don't believe matched pairs were a common element in Darb Song Muah, you trained with what you had and most Armories that supplied weapons to the masses for battle were fairly equivalent in size and balance. Rather those matched sets were probably reserved for those of a special guard or for those of status.
Dan
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