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varta · 2nd November 2011, 09:43 PM

I don't think the brave Paiwan man owner of this knife would have been excommunicated because the shape of his blade was round sharpened. There are rules and exceptions, little chance for dogma. In any case, these swords are at least from the first quarter of the XX century. One has to remember that the blades were bought or traded, always recycled. Maybe they are sometimes used like they are found, or there are other reasons that I may not know.

2nd November 2011, 09:43 PM	#5
varta Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Berlin-Paris Posts: 37	shape of the blades I don't think the brave Paiwan man owner of this knife would have been excommunicated because the shape of his blade was round sharpened. There are rules and exceptions, little chance for dogma. In any case, these swords are at least from the first quarter of the XX century. One has to remember that the blades were bought or traded, always recycled. Maybe they are sometimes used like they are found, or there are other reasons that I may not know.