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The Scimitar!
A scimitar (sh'mit'ter) is a sword with a curved blade design finding its origins in western Asia (Middle East).
The name can be used to refer to almost any Middle Eastern sword with a curved blade. They include Arabic saif, Indian talwar, Persian shamshir, and Turkish kilij, among others. These blades all were developed from the ubiquitous parent sword, the Turko-Mongol saber. The scimitar "technology" was also used by Egyptians in setting up their domination over their territories, although it was borrowed and not invented by them. Here is a pic of one:  Scimitars have been used in many media sources. Some of these are: 1. The Calormen warriors and royalty fight with scimitars in C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia. 2. Fantasy author R.A. Salvatore's dark elf protagonist Drizzt Do'Urden wields a pair of enchanted scimitars 3. In the movie "The Mummy" the medjai "Ardeth", the one who fights alongside brendan fraiser also uses a scimitar. The reason it is put up on this thread is to show a comparison of between this and the Katana. The Scimitar has a much more pronounced curve in its swordblade when compared with the Katana! Edit: Guys and Gals, I would humbly request that you don't quote pics in your posts. Just remove the img and /img tags around the url and leave only the link. If you wish to only quote text then remove the pic altogether. Thanks in advance for helping out with this :vsign: |
actually, someone made a pair of swords used by Drizz't. they're available on Budkww.com however, they are NOT scimitars in that. they are single edged, but they aren't curved. was the character ever used in a movie?
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Now that you ask...come to think of it, I've never heard of Drizzt being in a movie or even anime (cartoons in general) for that matter! In the stories though he had both an elvish scimitar with a phenominally magical sharp blade and an Ice scimitar that could cut through and destroy demons (beings of fire core's). I'll try and post up more comparison pics... though I've got to put up that special post that I thought of from your earlier comment :D
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*jumps around with Aoshi-kun* yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay:rheart: |
OL-chan! No posts allowed without pictures :D :D... just kidding... Please feel free to post some more wonderful pictures of Katanas!
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think so....ano...okies couse it's you *giggles*
yaaaay this one is bis so i'll put the link : Image:Katana blades.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia this is side is soooooooooooooooooo cool : Google: rezultat iskanja slik za http://www.zwaardspecialist.nl/categoryimages/shinken-katanas-iaido.jpg |
:eek: :eek: :eek: Wow! Where do you find all these images? They're supercool! That display of blades on the wikipedia site was really awsome because they all have different curvatures. That's some seriously bad-ass pic! Keep it up OL-Chan! I'll buy you another Katana if you do :D :rheart:
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so i'll have three of them *hugs you* yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay *look for some more pics* |
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