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5th October 2007, 09:30 AM

spiral

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Originally Posted by sabertasche

Hi there, here in British Columbia (Canada) we call it a kirpan. It is the traditional dagger that many Sikh men wear.

Greg

A Kirpan is any Sikh sword or knife, that ones not realy a "traditional" design, Ill think youl find?

But yes as I said above, recently they are sometimes sold outside Sikh temples as such....

Spiral

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