Gupti
| Gupti | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Epee, hidden weapon |
| Designations: | Sword cane, swordstick, stick rapier |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , warrior chest |
| Distribution: | India |
| Blade length: | about 31 cm to 105 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, metal, horn, ivory |
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The Gupti is an Indian sword-cane .
description
The Gupti has a straight, double-edged blade. The blades are available with and without a hollow grind or central ridge. They run from the booklet to the place narrowing and tapering to a point. The handle is made of wood, metal, horn or ivory . The sheaths are usually made of the same materials. The gupti is used in India.
Legal
The Gupti is one of the forbidden items under German gun law .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton: Indian and Oriental Armor. 1896, Dover Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9 (reprint), 23.
literature
- Nick Evangelista : The encyclopedia of the sword. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, ISBN 978-0-313-27896-9 , page 283.
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint), page 270.
Web links
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