Historical Artifacts

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Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!

Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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Tibetan sword, 18th-19th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.runjeetsingh.com/inventory/105/rare_tibetan_sword

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Need.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Never really understood the point of a single edged straight sword. If it's going to be straight, isn't it just pure benefit to sharpen both sides? Just gives you more options.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

You could baton the flat side, make a less than lethal strike or even lean on it. It could be more of a police thing than a war thing.

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's not as flashy as having a lot of different techniques, but in real combat it's better to have one good honed swing that you're very practiced with