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Post by randomnobody on Jun 27, 2024 18:48:47 GMT
Cold Steel's new "Khyber knife" is basically a redressed Windlass "charay" and neither are very good replicas of the type. Deepeeka used to make one that was pretty close, albeit small, but they changed their design a few years ago and are way off now.
Meanwhile I'm stockpiling antiques... ![IMG_20240601_2116218692.jpg](//storage.forums.net/1694914/thumbnailer/TVCjESDPZEHC0bMuSLZg.png) I accidently overspent this month so it's gonna be a while before I decide to try out the Windlass qama...
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Post by izzy on Jun 27, 2024 18:57:19 GMT
This thread was a terrible influence on me and I blame all of you. And that Kidjal /Qama is the real deal. I know that was not cheap.
I had a windlass decades ago, was not happy with the rivets being so close together.... I have a vague memory of giving it away it was so forgettable. These days I would have re-handled it, but I was young, it was cheap, and products from India were more for play Kukri fights between brothers ( they were also windlass and dull).
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I see on the "New Acquisitions" thread it's supposed to be Ottoman era ( Turkmali ve Ossmali)...in that case you need some good (modern) Turkish music to go along with it:
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 27, 2024 19:29:48 GMT
This thread was a terrible influence on me and I blame all of you. And that Kidjal /Qama is the real deal. I know that was not cheap.
Actually, a large part of the reason I bought it was that it was surprisingly cheap. I paid less than $400 after tax and shipping. Ah, the dangerous games brothers play for the sake of hurting each other...
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Post by mrstabby on Jun 27, 2024 19:35:11 GMT
I always wonder if you can feel resistance or snagging from the T-spine on stuff like the Khybers when cutting something. Have you done any cutting?
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Post by izzy on Jun 27, 2024 20:04:02 GMT
And that Kidjal /Qama is the real deal. I know that was not cheap.
Actually, a large part of the reason I bought it was that it was surprisingly cheap. I paid less than $400 after tax and shipping. Ah, the dangerous games brothers play for the sake of hurting each other...
I was comparing to Windlass and CS...but it WAS a good deal.
Happily no got hurt playing crazy Kukri fighter, most of the time we hit the back of the blades giving them serious nicks not wanting to hurt the dull edge...young and dumb, what can I say.
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 27, 2024 20:29:45 GMT
I always wonder if you can feel resistance or snagging from the T-spine on stuff like the Khybers when cutting something. Have you done any cutting? Not with my antiques, no, but our friend Phillip Martin posted a video including his thoughts with the Windlass model: Cold Steel's promotional video for their model:
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Post by cerius on Jul 7, 2024 15:38:51 GMT
I always wonder if you can feel resistance or snagging from the T-spine on stuff like the Khybers when cutting something. Have you done any cutting? Not with my antiques, no, but our friend Phillip Martin posted a video including his thoughts with the Windlass model: Cold Steel's promotional video for their model: This reminds me a bit of a scythe blade. But that has L profile, not T. Now I wonder how to slap some grip to a scythe blade that would not break at first impact.
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 7, 2024 16:09:05 GMT
This reminds me a bit of a scythe blade. But that has L profile, not T. Now I wonder how to slap some grip to a scythe blade that would not break at first impact. There have been several renditions of scythe, or at least scythe-like swords throughout history. More popular on a staff, though. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe
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Post by mrstabby on Jul 7, 2024 16:19:43 GMT
Yeah, look at this one, literally just straightened the tang, also can see it was used.
If the other guy is also just a pesant with a gambeson, this is enough. They also ground off the tinnest part of the edge to make it more stable. For mowing a few millimeters of edge are hammered down to be paper thin, but behind that very flinsy edge, a scythe is around 1mm thick, which in combination of the spine is more than enough to be dangerous. Although they only were used if you either needed weapons fast or didn't have anything else (pesant revolts), sources say they were grusomely effective.
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