Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Twin Thai Swords

"Moooothraaaaaaaaaaaa..."



















The Sword of Victory or Phra Saeng Khan Chai Si (Thai: พระแสงขรรค์ชัยศรี) has an ancient history. In 1784, Chao Phraya Apai Pubek of Cambodia had found this fantastic sword in Tonle Sap, and gave it to King Rama I of Thailand. This sword has the meaning "The Wisdom of the King". The hilt has a length of 25.4 centimeters with the blade measuring 64.5 centimeters. When placed in the scabbard the sword has a total length of 101 centimeters and weighs 1.9 kg. Though fighting with two swords was rare, it was not unheard of. I believe these two are of Thai design They were apparently used by mercenaries in China also. I will do more reasearch on them. I mainly just wanted to get them on here so could put the pic of those HOT twins up!

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