10-01-2010, 08:44 PM
Hey,
Yes I read it too, I find the pole axe to khopesh to be more likely to be sickle to khopesh, but that is just merely my relatively uninformed opinion. Regarding the jump from khopesh to kopis I would agree that it is questionable however I think the charts should be seen more as the development of an idea rather than linear weapon development. They were just thrown out there as a start of the thread to be modified via discussion methinks. I apologise if I was a little quick there, I just remembered that the thread was a good one... the conclusion of it is quite different from the start.
Yes I have seen some of Jeroen's post like this one http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php ... cata&st=25 , but I would appreciate a link to where he elaborates on his opinion.
"N.b. before you get misinformed, mind that there is no link between the Egyptian khopesh and the falcata and kopis (aside from the similarity in name, which has totally different meanings though), nore is there any proven link between the falcata and kopis and the Nepalese khukuri, despite those things getting repeated again and again." Jeroen Zuiderwijk
"Forerunners of the falcata can be traced to the Late Bronze Age/Earl7y Iron Age in northern Illyria, but the prototypes of the machaira/kopis/falcata family are very different." Prof Quesada
Both quotes are from the sites linked above. I'd like elaborations on both though
Yes I read it too, I find the pole axe to khopesh to be more likely to be sickle to khopesh, but that is just merely my relatively uninformed opinion. Regarding the jump from khopesh to kopis I would agree that it is questionable however I think the charts should be seen more as the development of an idea rather than linear weapon development. They were just thrown out there as a start of the thread to be modified via discussion methinks. I apologise if I was a little quick there, I just remembered that the thread was a good one... the conclusion of it is quite different from the start.
Yes I have seen some of Jeroen's post like this one http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php ... cata&st=25 , but I would appreciate a link to where he elaborates on his opinion.
"N.b. before you get misinformed, mind that there is no link between the Egyptian khopesh and the falcata and kopis (aside from the similarity in name, which has totally different meanings though), nore is there any proven link between the falcata and kopis and the Nepalese khukuri, despite those things getting repeated again and again." Jeroen Zuiderwijk
"Forerunners of the falcata can be traced to the Late Bronze Age/Earl7y Iron Age in northern Illyria, but the prototypes of the machaira/kopis/falcata family are very different." Prof Quesada
Both quotes are from the sites linked above. I'd like elaborations on both though
Cheers,
Jesper
Jesper
