Indian? sword for ID

Jim McDougall · 17th December 2006, 12:08 AM

Hi Bill,
Thanks very much!
Also thank you for the support in furthering our study on Indian weapons, these are so incredibly under researched in most cases. The greatest advance we have had on these has been Robert Elgood's outstanding and seminal work on "Hindu Arms and Ritual". I hope future reference books discussing ethnographic weapons will follow his lead with the excellent perspective he uses so skillfully in the examination and identification of them.

Interesting Tibetan items, and great story on the 'worn out' items!! Uh, I'd be happy to take a whole bunch of new shiny stuff over there to trade for all these old worn out things!!!!

Thanks again, and a very Merry Christmas to you as well,
Jim

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17th December 2006, 12:08 AM	#7
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,282	Hi Bill, Thanks very much! Also thank you for the support in furthering our study on Indian weapons, these are so incredibly under researched in most cases. The greatest advance we have had on these has been Robert Elgood's outstanding and seminal work on "Hindu Arms and Ritual". I hope future reference books discussing ethnographic weapons will follow his lead with the excellent perspective he uses so skillfully in the examination and identification of them. Interesting Tibetan items, and great story on the 'worn out' items!! Uh, I'd be happy to take a whole bunch of new shiny stuff over there to trade for all these old worn out things!!!! Thanks again, and a very Merry Christmas to you as well, Jim