Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Perhaps This is a Variation of a Ceylonese Patisthanaya Pole Arm

VANDOO · 21st December 2010, 12:43 AM

CONGRADULATIONS A VERY NICE ONE .
THE ONES I HAVE SEEN HAD THE SHORT DOUBLE EDGED BLADE. THEY HAD SOME IN THE MUSEUM IN THE MALDIVES AND SOME INFORMATION ON SPEAR FIGHTING WITH THEM. ONE OF THE RULERS THERE LIKED SPEAR FIGHTING AND TOURNAMENTS WERE OFTEN HELD DURING HIS REIGN. CEYLON AND THE MALDIVES ARE THE ONLY TWO PLACES I HAVE HEARD OF THAT USE THIS TYPE OF SPEAR AND HAVE THE FANCY PAINTED SHAFTS. PERHAPS CELON AND THE MALDIVES COMPETED IN TOURNAMENTS IN THE PAST.

PERHAPS THE ONES WITH THE SHORTER BLADES WERE USED AS SORT OF LIKE A JOUST AND WERE NOT INTENDED TO KILL WITH A THRUST. THOSE MENT FOR GUARD DUTY OR BATTLE WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE HAD A LONGER SHARP BLADE PERHAPS LIKE YOUR EXAMPLE.
MY EXAMPLE IS 80.5 INCHES LONG WITH A STRAIGHT 5 INCH BLADE. THE BLADE DOES HAVE A DOUBLE EDGE BUT IS NOT REAL SHARP AND DOES SHOW NICKS IN IT FROM USE.
THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE OF A SPEAR SAID TO HAVE BEEN FROM CEYLON. NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE SHAFT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO CONFIRM.IT LOOKS MORE LIKE ONE FOR CEREMONY AROUND THE PALACE THAN FOR A GUARD OR SPEAR FIGHTING IT HAS A TANG.
MY EXAMPLE IS DIFFERENT FROM CHARLES OR THIS ONE BUT IT HAS A SOCKET AND THE TWO STEEL SIDE STRAPS LIKE CHARLES EXAMPLE. UNFORTUNATELY NO PICTURES AVAILABLE.

21st December 2010, 12:43 AM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	CONGRADULATIONS A VERY NICE ONE . THE ONES I HAVE SEEN HAD THE SHORT DOUBLE EDGED BLADE. THEY HAD SOME IN THE MUSEUM IN THE MALDIVES AND SOME INFORMATION ON SPEAR FIGHTING WITH THEM. ONE OF THE RULERS THERE LIKED SPEAR FIGHTING AND TOURNAMENTS WERE OFTEN HELD DURING HIS REIGN. CEYLON AND THE MALDIVES ARE THE ONLY TWO PLACES I HAVE HEARD OF THAT USE THIS TYPE OF SPEAR AND HAVE THE FANCY PAINTED SHAFTS. PERHAPS CELON AND THE MALDIVES COMPETED IN TOURNAMENTS IN THE PAST. PERHAPS THE ONES WITH THE SHORTER BLADES WERE USED AS SORT OF LIKE A JOUST AND WERE NOT INTENDED TO KILL WITH A THRUST. THOSE MENT FOR GUARD DUTY OR BATTLE WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE HAD A LONGER SHARP BLADE PERHAPS LIKE YOUR EXAMPLE. MY EXAMPLE IS 80.5 INCHES LONG WITH A STRAIGHT 5 INCH BLADE. THE BLADE DOES HAVE A DOUBLE EDGE BUT IS NOT REAL SHARP AND DOES SHOW NICKS IN IT FROM USE. THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE OF A SPEAR SAID TO HAVE BEEN FROM CEYLON. NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE SHAFT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO CONFIRM.IT LOOKS MORE LIKE ONE FOR CEREMONY AROUND THE PALACE THAN FOR A GUARD OR SPEAR FIGHTING IT HAS A TANG. MY EXAMPLE IS DIFFERENT FROM CHARLES OR THIS ONE BUT IT HAS A SOCKET AND THE TWO STEEL SIDE STRAPS LIKE CHARLES EXAMPLE. UNFORTUNATELY NO PICTURES AVAILABLE. Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 21st December 2010 at 01:13 AM.