Maybe they are for hanging it on the wall when you're not carrying it, relating to European butchers' cleavers, etc. Have I read that these swords frequently have no sheath in the original cultural setting?????
Thank you for at least bringing this thread up and reposing what was indeed a most interesting question. It seems a shame nobody bothered to answer it back in January!!!!
25th March 2011, 05:57 PM
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