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Old 29th March 2011, 05:04 PM   #16
Ibrahiim al Balooshi
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Originally Posted by Michael Blalock
On that note, here is the Guiness record highest sword throw 21.27 meters

http://www.guinessworldrecords.com/S...hrow/73875.htm

Here is a link to a photo of the swordsman and the Kattara

http://community.guinnessworldrecord...l?enlarge=true
I tried throwing the Kattara .. Its easy ... the difficult bit is catching it and as they tend to be quite sharp.... vital to take it by the hilt . I believe this was a martial exercise and use the fact to argue against the suggestion of wrist strap through the pommel hole... The fact is I cant find that thread... but I will... and further I also found out that old Kattara dont have pommel holes.. This leads me to think that the new bladesmiths thought it should have a hole in it. So it has.
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