Keris hilts with raised curved backbones

Loedjoe · 11th June 2020, 05:07 PM

This has been a fruitful thread - many thanks to all those who have contributed to it.

There remains the question - how do we refer to these hilts?

If hunchback is perhaps unacceptable, how about humpback? (And our descriptions could give a reference to this thread.) To refer to them as Richard III or Notre Dame or ... hilts would be a bit misleading.

Jean · 11th June 2020, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Loedjoe

If hunchback is perhaps unacceptable, how about humpback? (And our descriptions could give a reference to this thread.) To refer to them as Richard III or Notre Dame or ... hilts would be a bit misleading.

Yes, humpback or Quasimodo (reference to Notre Dame) would be suitable, or perhaps "one-armed as you will notice that the left arm is vaguely visible but the right one is cut at the shoulder level.

Interested Party · 12th June 2020, 05:19 AM

I think York style would be classier than hunchback. After all they are pretty glorious

11th June 2020, 05:07 PM	#1
Loedjoe Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 96	This has been a fruitful thread - many thanks to all those who have contributed to it. There remains the question - how do we refer to these hilts? If hunchback is perhaps unacceptable, how about humpback? (And our descriptions could give a reference to this thread.) To refer to them as Richard III or Notre Dame or ... hilts would be a bit misleading.

12th June 2020, 05:19 AM	#3
Interested Party Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Eastern Sierra Posts: 392	I think York style would be classier than hunchback. After all they are pretty glorious