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Old 16th January 2010, 04:06 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by trenchwarfare
I saw a Katana on ebay a few years ago, that was done-up in a very African style.
...a member of the Arms and Armour Society recently told me that a Japanese Armour had been found on the field of Omdurman...
I think that the writing on the guard is Siddam - the medieval Sanskrit orthography used in Japanese Buddhism...
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