Ethnographic Arms & Armour
 

Go Back   Ethnographic Arms & Armour > Discussion Forums > Ethnographic Weapons

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 24th July 2019, 01:08 PM   #1
ariel
Member
 
ariel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 5,503
Default Swords from Bhutan

Found this article accidentally. It is from Journal of Bhutan Studies, vol. 5, pp.94-112, 2001.

http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/publ..._Vol5/v5-8.pdf
ariel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24th July 2019, 01:30 PM   #2
mariusgmioc
Member
 
mariusgmioc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Austria
Posts: 1,860
Thumbs up

There is so little information about these swords...

Thank you very much for sharing this article!
mariusgmioc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24th July 2019, 02:03 PM   #3
Kubur
Member
 
Kubur's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,145
Default

Thank you Ariel, cool stuff
Kubur is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24th July 2019, 04:29 PM   #4
ariel
Member
 
ariel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Posts: 5,503
Default

How about putting it in the Classics?

I understand it is not a classy definitive study, but we have so little information about these swords, that every shred of info has high value that may become useful some day.
It ain't no 3 course dinner from a 5 Star Michelin establishment, but hungry man might be grateful for a Burger King hamburger even without fries and Coke.
ariel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28th July 2019, 11:14 AM   #5
Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Member
 
Ibrahiim al Balooshi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE
Posts: 4,408
Default

This is such a rare piece of work … I agree.
Ibrahiim al Balooshi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28th July 2019, 05:00 PM   #6
kronckew
Member
 
kronckew's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
Posts: 4,145
Default

Cool, the King wears his sword frequently. Note it is worn on the right side.
Attached Images
 
kronckew is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29th July 2019, 03:58 PM   #7
ausjulius
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: musorian territory
Posts: 410
Default

from the limited material available about this topic it appears they have a strong and active local knife and sword culture.. in the photos and videos you can see form there archery shops selling bows and arrows are common places. and locals carry an array of bladed tools. on youtube there is quite a few videos about sword and knfie makign form various tibetian regions.. but none form bhutan.. which surprises me as there is plenty of footage showing they are very common there.. but no videos on thier making. bhutanese seem to be good with english.. really surprised i havent seen any videos yet..

also i saw some place a mention in an old article that they made clubs or throwing clubs of some type, dont remember where i saw this now.. . but ive never seen an example.. if anyone has see or heard of such a thing.. would be interesting..
ausjulius is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:08 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Posts are regarded as being copyrighted by their authors and the act of posting material is deemed to be a granting of an irrevocable nonexclusive license for display here.