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Happy lemmy anniversary PugJesus ;)
Thanks! Feels odd that's it's two years out from the Reddit exodus, but it feels like I've been on Lemmy forever. Guess it's because I'm far more active here, lol
Well, time flyes when you're having fun, or so they say, ha (I hope you are). You and the other heavy posters are busy keeping us well fed and breathing life into this site, so one has to be greatful!
The site says the overall length is 545mm - can that really be right? I was initially going to say that it looked physically shorter than I expected a polearm to look, but I think that's just due to the width of the pole itself.
This thing has to be longer than half a meter, right?
That would make it a polefinger.
According to Wikipedia it's technically a dagger. (and they are generally shorter, at 510mm) Idk if there is a minimum shaft length to classify a weapon as a polearm but I feel like there should be, otherwise any blade on a shaft (even a hatchet, for example) could technically be one ?
Dagger-on-a-stick
That's crazy cos there's actually a dagger in the pommel of this polearm! Double dagger.
Just used the description on the site, I know very little about Indian weaponry (or, for that matter, debates on how much pole a polearm needs)
Oh I'm not saying you were misleading, or even wrong, I even did a quick search for the actual definition of a polearm to make sure I wasn't spouting nonsense, and according to the experts, it is basically a mess. The wikipedia article even has a sizeable section titled "Classification difficulties".
Love the site you linked btw, so much cool stuff on there
It's really fantastic! It feels like half the things I've posted in the past month have been from it.
How much do you reckon the stuff on there costs? It's all so gorgeous
Most of it that has a listed price seems to be between 1,000-10,000 pounds, which is... steep, but not as bad as some antiquities.
Oh you're right! that's actually a bit of a bargain, I was expecting upwards of 10k for sure! I'm subscribed to the salesroom newsletter too so I do love a good bit of antique window-shopping ๐
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhuj_(weapon) Even has a stiletto dagger in the pommel.
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