12-01-2006, 03:37 PM
Lectori salutem.......
here you can post all images of bizarre ancient weapons stretching a period period to 1800....
no firearms, rockets (unless classical ones) machine guns mines etcetera...
bizarre pictures, reliefs, photos, archaeological finds etcetera..
here is a Japanese to begin with:
The Oo Dachi....... some of these were actually used in battle!!!.....
This Ôdachi was made by Norimitsu of Osafune in August 1447.
Specifications are as follows:
Total length - 377 cm.
Nagasa (cutting edge) - 226.7 cm.
Sori (curvature) - 5.0 cm
Nakago (tang) - 151 cm.
Thickness - 2.34 cm.
Habaki (collar to hold blade in scabbard) - 5.85 cm.
Weight - 14.5 kgs.
forged as ONE piece......... not several pieces attached to one another....
M.VIB.M.
here you can post all images of bizarre ancient weapons stretching a period period to 1800....
no firearms, rockets (unless classical ones) machine guns mines etcetera...
bizarre pictures, reliefs, photos, archaeological finds etcetera..
here is a Japanese to begin with:
The Oo Dachi....... some of these were actually used in battle!!!.....
This Ôdachi was made by Norimitsu of Osafune in August 1447.
Specifications are as follows:
Total length - 377 cm.
Nagasa (cutting edge) - 226.7 cm.
Sori (curvature) - 5.0 cm
Nakago (tang) - 151 cm.
Thickness - 2.34 cm.
Habaki (collar to hold blade in scabbard) - 5.85 cm.
Weight - 14.5 kgs.
forged as ONE piece......... not several pieces attached to one another....
M.VIB.M.
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.