IF ANY MEMBERS EVER VISIT THE MALDIVE ISLANDS THE TOWN OF MALE IS THE CAPITOL. VISIT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN THE SULTANS OLD PALACE IN THE SULTANS PARK. IT IS KIND OF RUN DOWN BUT STILL HAS SOME INTERESTING ARTEFACTS AND WEAPONS. EVIDENTLY THE SULTAN WAS A WARRIOR AND HOSTED MANY FIGHTING TOURNAMENTS MANY FEATURING SPEAR FIGHTING. THE DAGGER IS UNIQUE AND SO ARE SOME OF THE FIGHTING SPEARS WHICH RESEMBLE THOSE FROM SIRI LANKA. I WAS THERE TO SCUBA DIVE AS IT IS A WORLD CLASS DIVING DESTINATION.
THERE ARE SOUVINEER DAGGERS FOR SALE THERE SOME MADE WITH PICES OF BLACK CORAL AND SOME WITH MOTHER OF PEARL SHELL GLUED TOGETHER TO FORM THE HANDLE AND SCABBARDS. THERE ARE A FEW DAGGERS MADE IN THE ORIGINAL FORM AS WELL BUT ARE EXPENSIVE DUE TO THE WHALE TEETH AND THE PRESENCE OF CRUZE SHIPS MAKEING PORT THERE.
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