Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - The Sinhalese Kastane: Its Development, Decoration and Symbolism

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 21st September 2017, 08:29 PM

Could it be that the Sri Lankan weapon shown here in a simple woodcut is in fact a Falchion ...see example.

This is an early landing by a Dutch group in Eastern Sri Lanka where the right hand tribal warrior is holding a similar weapon...Is this the Falchion? A remarkably similar weapon to the Stone Freize weapon.

This picture(kNOX) with RELATION DE CEYLAN has another warrior at right with a similar weapon...

A picture in the hands of a European is shown to compare ...

21st September 2017, 08:29 PM	#190
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Could it be that the Sri Lankan weapon shown here in a simple woodcut is in fact a Falchion ...see example. This is an early landing by a Dutch group in Eastern Sri Lanka where the right hand tribal warrior is holding a similar weapon...Is this the Falchion? A remarkably similar weapon to the Stone Freize weapon. This picture(kNOX) with RELATION DE CEYLAN has another warrior at right with a similar weapon... A picture in the hands of a European is shown to compare ... Attached Images Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 21st September 2017 at 09:38 PM.