Southeast Asian Swords

Southeast Asian Swords

This is a list of types of swords.

The term sword is here used in a narrow sense. This is not a general list of bladed weapons and does not include the machete or similar "sword-like" weapons.

Read more about Southeast Asian Swords:  Early History, Near Eastern Sword ("scimitar"), Far Eastern Swords, South and Southeast Asia

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    We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.
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    They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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