The Sinhalese Kastane: Its Development, Decoration and Symbolism

Jim McDougall The Sinhalese Kastane: Its... 3rd February 2014, 11:19 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi The Mudaliyars. 5th February 2014, 05:18 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams all Note to Library;... 5th February 2014, 08:17 AM

Rick I'm not seeing the word... 5th February 2014, 03:52 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Rick No I didn't say... 5th February 2014, 04:11 PM

David Well, i can see why Rick... 5th February 2014, 08:24 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams David, Certainly no... 5th February 2014, 08:50 PM

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napoleon is it known if any of these... 12th February 2014, 06:37 PM

Jim McDougall Napoleon, I very much agree!... 12th February 2014, 09:49 PM

napoleon i just would like to thank... 12th February 2014, 09:54 PM

napoleon thank you jim for your... 12th February 2014, 10:09 PM

Jim McDougall Thank you Napoleon, those are... 13th February 2014, 05:06 AM

Jim McDougall As I have continued... 14th February 2014, 06:13 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Jim, I was delving... 15th February 2014, 02:12 PM

fernando Modeliar is a surname derived... 15th February 2014, 06:40 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Its Development, Decoration... 16th February 2014, 01:59 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Its Development, Decoration... 16th February 2014, 02:07 PM

Jim McDougall As previously discussed and... 17th February 2014, 08:04 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi The Kastane... 18th February 2014, 02:52 PM

Jim McDougall I think that it is well... 19th February 2014, 02:54 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi RAIN GUARD 19th February 2014, 06:45 AM

Jim McDougall It seems that the kasthane,... 19th February 2014, 06:34 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Jim, Great rendition,... 20th February 2014, 02:53 PM

David Perhaps just a matter of... 20th February 2014, 09:12 PM

napoleon these are wonderfull,many... 20th February 2014, 10:58 PM

napoleon hello again jim,does anyone... 21st February 2014, 12:37 AM

napoleon ok again thanks maurice these... 21st February 2014, 12:57 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams napoleon... Well you... 21st February 2014, 01:37 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi The Break in Iron and Steel... 21st February 2014, 05:38 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams all.. We continue the... 22nd February 2014, 03:12 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Kastane Hilt; Lion... 23rd February 2014, 04:15 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams All... However I... 24th February 2014, 07:53 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams ... and... a most... 24th February 2014, 06:07 PM

VANDOO " The word singa is derived... 26th February 2014, 04:03 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams VANDOO ~ Of the many... 27th February 2014, 09:15 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams All... I would... 27th February 2014, 02:29 PM

napoleon kastane 28th February 2014, 09:53 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Napoleon ~ We dont... 1st March 2014, 05:08 AM

napoleon kastane 3rd March 2014, 11:11 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi The Nature of The Beast. 3rd March 2014, 03:13 PM

Jim McDougall Hi Napoleon, What I would... 3rd March 2014, 06:02 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Indian Influence on Sri... 4th March 2014, 09:05 AM

napoleon kastane 4th March 2014, 10:44 AM

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Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Napoleon...The dragon... 5th March 2014, 09:01 AM

Jim McDougall Interesting notes guys. I... 5th March 2014, 03:35 PM

VANDOO PERHAPS WE HAVE JUMPED TOO... 5th March 2014, 05:30 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Vandoo... Great... 5th March 2014, 06:03 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Vandoo~ There are... 8th March 2014, 08:56 AM

Jim McDougall Great discussion, and... 8th March 2014, 10:27 PM

VANDOO FOR INFLUENCES ON A CULTURE... 9th March 2014, 05:46 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi The Kastane story may... 9th March 2014, 03:44 PM

napoleon kastane 10th March 2014, 07:23 PM

Jim McDougall Hi Napoleon, Nicely stated,... 11th March 2014, 06:24 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams napoleon. As you... 11th March 2014, 03:57 PM

David Interesting that you should... 11th March 2014, 06:40 PM

fernando ... Which certainly have a... 11th March 2014, 11:09 PM

Jim McDougall Fernando, thank you so much... 12th March 2014, 01:56 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Fernando, Thank you... 12th March 2014, 09:16 AM

Prasanna Weerakkody I must say that I had decided... 12th March 2014, 06:15 PM

David Thanks you so much for... 12th March 2014, 07:04 PM

Jim McDougall Prasanna, thank you so much... 12th March 2014, 08:46 PM

David Jim, the definition of the... 12th March 2014, 09:36 PM

Rick As a long time member I feel... 12th March 2014, 11:44 PM

Jim McDougall I guess we have pretty well... 12th March 2014, 11:46 PM

David We have a person from the... 13th March 2014, 01:39 AM

Prasanna Weerakkody I must say Jim that despite... 13th March 2014, 04:55 AM

fernando Thank you for your... 13th March 2014, 07:22 PM

Jim McDougall Whew!! OK doc!! I'm alright... 13th March 2014, 09:11 PM

David Jim, i completely agree with... 13th March 2014, 09:46 PM

Jim McDougall Thanks David, at last we... 13th March 2014, 10:29 PM

fernando Wait a minute :confused: ... 13th March 2014, 10:31 PM

fernando Ah ... cross posts within two... 13th March 2014, 10:34 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams all :) ~ An... 14th March 2014, 05:20 PM

Prasanna Weerakkody Some additional images with... 15th March 2014, 02:17 PM

fernando But not the lower recurved... 15th March 2014, 03:46 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Prasanna ~ Excellent... 15th March 2014, 04:02 PM

Prasanna Weerakkody Fernando; I believe that is... 15th March 2014, 05:11 PM

Prasanna Weerakkody Ibrahiim; Just to note that... 15th March 2014, 05:16 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Prasanne ~ Thank you... 15th March 2014, 05:58 PM

Prasanna Weerakkody Including an image carved by... 16th March 2014, 03:50 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Prasanna..Tantalising... 16th March 2014, 03:53 PM

fernando At forst sight, this is more... 16th March 2014, 04:12 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams All.. A note on Iron... 16th March 2014, 05:43 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Kastane and Piha Kheata (I... 16th March 2014, 06:41 PM

fernando By the way 16th March 2014, 06:47 PM

fernando There is no smoke without fire 16th March 2014, 09:09 PM

Prasanna Weerakkody Yes it is known that the... 17th March 2014, 02:45 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams All... The Sendai... 17th March 2014, 06:23 PM

fernando Hello again Prasanna I am... 17th March 2014, 08:08 PM

David Wouldn't it be a bit long for... 18th March 2014, 01:08 PM

fernando C'mon David :( Let me put... 18th March 2014, 02:39 PM

David Absolutely Nando, fantasize... 18th March 2014, 10:21 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Prasanna, As you say... 19th March 2014, 06:35 AM

Jim McDougall It is excellent that this... 19th March 2014, 05:04 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Now heres a funny thing !... 30th March 2014, 06:44 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi :shrug: Could these have... 30th March 2014, 06:49 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi :) 30th March 2014, 06:50 PM

spiral Well often people who believe... 30th March 2014, 10:41 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams... Indeed Museums do... 31st March 2014, 03:30 PM

fernando Scary? :confused: We sure... 2nd April 2014, 06:58 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams all... Well that was... 3rd April 2014, 04:20 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Decorative Style~ The Kastane. 4th April 2014, 06:02 PM

spiral I don't believe there Sri... 4th April 2014, 09:15 PM

Prasanna Weerakkody one of the images included by... 5th April 2014, 02:58 AM

Prasanna Weerakkody missed one- the coronation of... 5th April 2014, 03:03 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Prasanna, Thank you... 5th April 2014, 05:58 PM

fernando Hi Prasanna, Amazing how... 6th April 2014, 06:01 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi [QUOTE=Prasanna Weerakkody] ... 7th April 2014, 08:15 AM

Prasanna Weerakkody Fernando, yes both caskets... 9th April 2014, 05:02 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Prasanna, Thanks for... 9th April 2014, 07:44 AM

fernando Yes, the thin swords ...... 9th April 2014, 05:49 PM

fernando So is the version narrated by... 11th April 2014, 03:35 PM

Prasanna Weerakkody Fernando, The figures you... 12th April 2014, 05:07 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Could the Kings Sword have... 12th April 2014, 08:35 AM

fernando Prasanna, the more i search... 12th April 2014, 02:17 PM

Prasanna Weerakkody Fernando, We know that the... 12th April 2014, 04:38 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Prasanna ..I would... 12th April 2014, 06:38 PM

fernando It is easy to support that... 12th April 2014, 07:04 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi :) Interesting bit of bed... 12th April 2014, 07:25 PM

fernando Obviously i am talking... 14th April 2014, 07:26 PM

derek Here are a few pics of the... 11th June 2014, 09:33 PM

Kurt 2 more 12th June 2014, 09:40 AM

derek Very nice! 12th June 2014, 01:37 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi I was studying the sunburst... 12th June 2014, 04:57 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Spiral ~ Do you mean... 5th April 2014, 05:15 PM

spiral Fair enough Fernando! You... 4th April 2014, 09:08 PM

fernando ආයුබෝවන් Prasanna No one... 12th March 2014, 11:32 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Prasanna ~ Thank you... 13th March 2014, 03:23 PM

David They most certainly do... 13th March 2014, 03:43 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams David. I think the... 13th March 2014, 03:53 PM

David Well Ibrahiim, you claim to... 13th March 2014, 04:38 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams David, I think you... 13th March 2014, 06:39 PM

David If that is really what you... 13th March 2014, 07:00 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Fernando, Your post... 28th August 2017, 09:14 PM

fernando Boa tarde Senhor Balooshi,... 29th August 2017, 03:41 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Fernando, Thank you... 29th August 2017, 05:09 PM

fernando You are absolutely right,... 30th August 2017, 10:43 AM

David I would be careful... 30th August 2017, 04:23 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams and thank you David... 30th August 2017, 04:50 PM

fernando Several Congolese swords are... 30th August 2017, 06:36 PM

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David Fernando, there is certainly... 31st August 2017, 06:20 PM

fernando Good enough, David :cool:. 31st August 2017, 08:38 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi I have to say ...or should I... 31st August 2017, 08:42 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi An interesting gift from... 31st August 2017, 09:19 PM

David LOL! Well, I have to say...it... 1st September 2017, 05:53 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi David Thank you for posting... 1st September 2017, 05:58 PM

David Ibrahiim, everything i have... 1st September 2017, 06:14 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Sir, You reverse away from... 1st September 2017, 06:27 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi THE KASTANE . Its... 1st September 2017, 08:09 PM

Jim McDougall In previous discussions,... 4th September 2017, 08:03 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Jim, Thank you for... 5th September 2017, 01:09 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Here I bring on all the... 5th September 2017, 01:14 AM

fernando Hi Jim, I see that the image... 5th September 2017, 03:02 PM

Jim McDougall WOW! Actually the sword Mr.... 6th September 2017, 02:46 AM

fernando You are an eternal cavalier... 6th September 2017, 03:36 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi The Sendai Museum Kastane. 9th September 2017, 08:22 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi The Sendai Kastane Example. 9th September 2017, 09:44 AM

Jim McDougall Ibrahiim, , once again your... 9th September 2017, 09:32 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi [QUOTE=Jim... 11th September 2017, 06:48 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Continuation and addition to... 11th September 2017, 03:58 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi To show further the broad... 12th September 2017, 11:23 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi In terms of a home grown... 14th September 2017, 09:49 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Another region ....The... 15th September 2017, 11:34 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Could it be that the Sri... 21st September 2017, 08:29 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Further reference showing the... 6th October 2017, 09:23 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Illustration of Vajra... 6th October 2017, 09:28 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi It is quite rare to find... 7th October 2017, 01:09 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Please note that There are 11... 7th October 2017, 01:49 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi 12th century. Japanese... 21st October 2017, 05:28 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Viewing Kastane hilts through... 1st November 2017, 09:50 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi One particular aspect of the... 4th November 2017, 08:20 PM

Jim McDougall Fascinating range of... 4th November 2017, 09:53 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams Jim, The Vancouver... 5th November 2017, 11:47 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Dutch involvement in the... 17th November 2017, 02:39 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi :) 22nd November 2017, 01:08 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Linking two sites here on... 22nd November 2017, 01:10 PM

David Forgive me for mentioning... 11th March 2014, 04:36 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams David... In fact, no,... 11th March 2014, 06:43 PM

David Wikipedia is what it is. It... 11th March 2014, 08:38 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Originally Posted by... 12th March 2014, 08:26 AM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi While there is a great deal... 5th March 2014, 05:57 PM

Ibrahiim al Balooshi Salaams All; Note to library.... 6th March 2014, 04:11 PM

Maurice Hi Jim, This is way out of... 20th February 2014, 07:38 PM

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