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Old 29th July 2011, 03:09 AM   #7
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by AJ1356
I was thinking the same of the ribbed spine, with the Persian influence. You see that in the higher qaulity shamshirs here the style wrongly called palowars.
AJ, I'm curious where 'here' is as it is interesting to see the perspective on these terms. Naturally very curious about 'paluoar' and exactly which sword referred to, the cup shaped pommel and downturned quillons?
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