Siamese Swords: what are they?

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Ian

Speaking of archaic terms, how many people use a cleek, niblick or mashie today? Their decendants are used by millions of people every weekend.

Ian

This is what was supposed to be my response to Ian's post ( ):

Not me. I don't chase little balls around in fields.

I agree with Andrew that Egerton's "dass" is probably a daab, and the "kassi" a krabi. Krabi is the term used for certain Siamese weapons, but as I understand it is the specific term for for Western sabres, as well.

I think I've put everything back the way it was.