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Crowley by CarrotCakeBandit

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Просто налейте кофе прямо сюда [prosta l`ejt`e kof`e pr`yama s`uda] - Just pour the coffee right here

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Khyber knife, gladius, bronze age swords and experimental archaeology

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One of the most interesting things in this video is to see just how big a Khyber knife actually is.

Looking at photos and estimating length from the grip is one thing, seeing the whole weapon in Matt Easton’s hand is another.

George MacDonald Fraser mentioned their size and mass in several of the “Flashman” novels, but Khyber KNIFE gave the impression of something like a big Bowie knife. As the video and photos show, they can be twice as long. 

This web-page comes straight out and calls their example a “Khyber sword”, though Afghan / Pashtun swords are different beasts entirely - the pulwar is curved like a scimitar…

…while the pahari is straight and doubled-edged with a “cobra-hood” flare at the hilt.

As an addition to Matt’s comments about cut vs thrust with Khyber knives, there’s a Kipling story - “The Drums of the Fore and Aft” - which mentions that Afghans “…don’t understand thrustin’, but they’re devils to slice…”

Some Khyber knives were definitely intended more for cut than thrust, and this one…

…is like a yataghan on steroids.

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Yarn Ball Tattoo! 👉 https://wp.me/sjlln-tattoo

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Discovery: Jett Reno is lesbian!

The fandom:

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I felt Holmes’s hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake, as if to say that the situation was within his powers and that he was easy in his mind. —The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton

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You will enjoy this film.  Anyone caught not enjoying this film is a traitor and probably a mutant communist.  (Jim Holloway, Paranoia 1st ed adventure The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues by John M Ford, WEG, 1985)  

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I have been in some kind of Mood for days now, some sort of combo of the dysphoria and the hostility of the world getting me down also anxious about certain things so I think it’s time again for a few days away from tumblr. Twitter is @ transaziraphale though I may not be on there much either.