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Originally Posted by tom hyle
Maybe they are for hanging it on the wall when you're not carrying it, relating to European butchers' cleavers, etc. Have I read that these swords frequently have no sheath in the original cultural setting?????
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I find this notion strange considering they have ring pommels...economics of the matter would be why drill a hole to hang when the small hole would make it crude and difficult to pull off a peg in a hurry when they could simply be hung by the pommel....
Gav