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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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The Talwar is the commonest sword in India and the blades vary enormously in Size, curvature and quality.
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Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
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These are big swords, with very wide blades tapering sharply.
Presumably is referring to true rapiers, the long especially slender swords of the 1600s, yet he could very well mean earlier ones of somewhat wider and shorter blades.
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Rob Bruff,
Nightclub Bouncer
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The sword smith's response was to add strength and rigidity to a lighter weapon by forging blades with a triangular cross section.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Swords from the Samurai Tradition, Warrior's blades from medieval History and Steel from the stuff of legend, fantasy and film.
The earliest swords were straight, but later the curved blade was developed.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Naked Blades - Sword and sorcery and fantasy stories, artwork and articles.
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Keiko Miyisawa,
Receptionist
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The crossbar was constructed by welding together two sword blades and it was fixed at about 50 centimeters from the top end of the kite.
Japanese swords are very precise, elegant, and complex blades.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Real blades or hardwood swords without protective equipment were used in training resulting in many injuries.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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There were also those who died under the blade of homicidal swords, or as victims of unknown diseases imported by the conquistadors.
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Jordan Jones,
Rapper
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The blade was made by Howard Clark by taking pieces of broken swords and welding up a new blade out of it.
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