Hi All,
I am very new to this forum and to the web in general.
( I screwed up on that last message, sorry, I was unfamiliar with foruming messages).
I have been a fan of the Khukuri for quite some time and I am now a proud owner of a Service Number 1 from Khukuri House.
I was wondering what you all think of the Spanish Falcata.
It can be found here at: http://www.imperialweapons.com/swords/deltin/deltin17.htm
I have been intrested in it for quite some time. It measures 63 cm and is around 1.3 pounds.
I just read a book called "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield, a book based on the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C, perhaps the most famous military engagement of antiquity.
Here, on a narrow mountain pass above the crystalline Aegean sea, 300 Spartan Warriors and 6000 Thespian hoplites held off the might of the Persian army ( 2 million! apparently, by historical accounts), for 3 days at this narrow pass of Thermopylae. They died in there efforts (And knew they would! ) to give the Greeks in Athens more time to prepare for the onslaut of Xerxes, King of Persia. The number of Persians killed apparently numbered in the Thousands.
The book described that the Spartans were so vicious in battle that the Persians had to resort to spears and arrows to beat them.
I was told from a friend that Spartans, apart from using short stabbing swords, spears and shields, they also used the Greek Copis, which the Spanish Falcata derives from, at this famous battle.
I have been also told that this weapon had influenced the Khukuri, thats fine, but my thoughts drift to the kind of people who use these "khukuri" shaped weapons.
The Spartans were known for being exeptional in battle, I once read that a Spartan youth had to go through 13 years of INTENSE military training to be accepted as a fully fledged warrior of Sparta! Woooow!
And that he had to remain in service until 60 years of age, were he would join the old council and start dictating strategy with his piers.
Seems that todays Gurkhas and the Ancient Spartans have a fair few things in common. Not to mention there weaponry.
" The Spartan Dienekes who, when told that the Persian arrows blocked out the sun, they jauntily replied: "Good. Then we'll have our battle in the shade."
I am very new to this forum and to the web in general.
( I screwed up on that last message, sorry, I was unfamiliar with foruming messages).
I have been a fan of the Khukuri for quite some time and I am now a proud owner of a Service Number 1 from Khukuri House.
I was wondering what you all think of the Spanish Falcata.
It can be found here at: http://www.imperialweapons.com/swords/deltin/deltin17.htm
I have been intrested in it for quite some time. It measures 63 cm and is around 1.3 pounds.
I just read a book called "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield, a book based on the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C, perhaps the most famous military engagement of antiquity.
Here, on a narrow mountain pass above the crystalline Aegean sea, 300 Spartan Warriors and 6000 Thespian hoplites held off the might of the Persian army ( 2 million! apparently, by historical accounts), for 3 days at this narrow pass of Thermopylae. They died in there efforts (And knew they would! ) to give the Greeks in Athens more time to prepare for the onslaut of Xerxes, King of Persia. The number of Persians killed apparently numbered in the Thousands.
The book described that the Spartans were so vicious in battle that the Persians had to resort to spears and arrows to beat them.
I was told from a friend that Spartans, apart from using short stabbing swords, spears and shields, they also used the Greek Copis, which the Spanish Falcata derives from, at this famous battle.
I have been also told that this weapon had influenced the Khukuri, thats fine, but my thoughts drift to the kind of people who use these "khukuri" shaped weapons.
The Spartans were known for being exeptional in battle, I once read that a Spartan youth had to go through 13 years of INTENSE military training to be accepted as a fully fledged warrior of Sparta! Woooow!
And that he had to remain in service until 60 years of age, were he would join the old council and start dictating strategy with his piers.
Seems that todays Gurkhas and the Ancient Spartans have a fair few things in common. Not to mention there weaponry.
" The Spartan Dienekes who, when told that the Persian arrows blocked out the sun, they jauntily replied: "Good. Then we'll have our battle in the shade."