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#188588 - 06/27/20 05:29 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 13 *** [Re: Chief]
desert.snake Offline
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Interesting observation, yesterday I was considering a treatise * Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (Cod.icon. 393) * by Paulus Hector Mair ~ 1540 year.

The pictures seemed very similar to me, I took one and put it on top. The fact that this is a very ancient form, that's for sure, I saw the same blades from the Bronze Age, but the coincidence of the ratio of the lengths of the blade, and even the cross-sectional profile of the blade, the handle and the width of the guard (except for the shock pommel) is very surprising and pleasing.


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#188596 - 06/27/20 10:48 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 13 [Re: desert.snake]
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#188599 - 06/27/20 11:34 AM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 13 [Re: BladesNBarrels]
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It was/is the perfect design for pushing through the joints of armor.
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#188609 - 06/27/20 02:17 PM Re: Knife Of The Week Model 13 [Re: Chief]
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Chief--

Also the eyes.

When armored soldiers were injured or wounded and laying on the ground, whoever came across a live one would stab them in the eyes to finish them off.

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