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Old 3rd November 2015, 08:05 PM   #37
Miguel
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Originally Posted by Emanuel
That's why I said semantics Ariel

If this sword came from a Nepalese armoury, a Nepalese would probably call it a khukri.
If it came from a Mughal armoury a Mughal might call it a sossoun pata.
A Rajput might call it...and so on.

The cho is generally characteristic of khukri. The rest is semantics

Confusing indeed Miguel.
Hi Emanuel, I have reached the conclusion that you are correct in this case it is semantics.
Regards. Miguel
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