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Post by tompao on Sept 1, 2018 9:11:12 GMT
Hi to everyone.I bought this flexible sword and i like to know what sword is.year or any information anybody knows. Thanks in advance |
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Sept 1, 2018 9:19:18 GMT
Could be a south Indian "Urumi" whip sword.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Sept 1, 2018 9:20:01 GMT
2nd half of 20th century, probably Indonesian, otherwise made somewhere else in SE Asia. It's a tourist souvenir.
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Post by tompao on Sept 7, 2018 15:53:16 GMT
Thank you all
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Post by sevicler on Sept 7, 2018 16:30:25 GMT
It is Indonesian. People here sell them for up to $2000. spreading myth that those were used by Ancient Samurai (lolwat) and contain demons that allows the weapon to seek out blood.
Sounds like fairytale, but these fairytales actually sell.
Note; I'm Indonesian and I have seen these things for sale
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 16:41:18 GMT
Could be a south Indian "Urumi" whip sword.  Not a urumi either but definitely flexible. Urumi I have become familiar with are often twice the length of many swords and some with multiple blades. The swords that clip back to the hilt are generally regarded as belt swords. You will see them labeled as whip swords as well and then we have some labeled chain swords. |
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Post by bluetrain on Sept 8, 2018 12:24:37 GMT
In the October, 1935, issue of National Geographic Magazine, there is an article about "Demon Possessed Tibetans and Their Incredible Feats." One of the feats was bending swords. A sword was shown that was bent into knots and the photo caption claimed that a man of ordinary strength could hardly bend. That part seems to be the incredible part, that an ordinary man could hardly bend a sword. The blade does not appear thick at all and was in fact, almost identical to the one above. The hilt was different, though, and looked rather Chinese.
I happen to have the magazine for a different reason, by the way.
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