
April 11th, 2004, 03:17 PM
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Re: T\'ien C\'hi help
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Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
Edit 3: I thought Falchions were European and the big broad swords you see in the movies/books were scimitars.
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As far as I know, scimitars, falchions and sabre's are all curved swords of various types. Sabre's were mainly used by european cavalry. Scimitars originate (more or less) in arabia/central asia and were the weapon of choice for medieval islamic soldiers. Falchions, on the other hand, are mostly a marine (pirate ) weapon, I believe, due to its shape it's more convenient for boarding actions, rolling ships and the rest of it. I'm not sure what they used in china though. Sticks? 
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