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Old 30th May 2006, 04:02 PM   #12
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Speaking of archaic terms, how many people use a cleek, niblick or mashie today? Their decendants are used by millions of people every weekend.

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This is what was supposed to be my response to Ian's post ( ):

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Not me. I don't chase little balls around in fields.

I agree with Andrew that Egerton's "dass" is probably a daab, and the "kassi" a krabi. Krabi is the term used for certain Siamese weapons, but as I understand it is the specific term for for Western sabres, as well.
I think I've put everything back the way it was.
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