Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Indian Swords with downward curving blades

Battara · 31st October 2015, 01:56 AM

.....and besides the sossoun pata is a lot longer, the blade basically being not just sword length, but also usually the size and shape of the Ottoman yataghan.

Another thought is that some of the early kukris were much larger than most of the ones we see today.

31st October 2015, 01:56 AM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	.....and besides the sossoun pata is a lot longer, the blade basically being not just sword length, but also usually the size and shape of the Ottoman yataghan. Another thought is that some of the early kukris were much larger than most of the ones we see today.