2022年2月25日 · The Khasi dao is a peculiar type of two-handed, single-edged sword with all-steel construction and double crossguards. It is named after the Khasi people of the Khasi hills but was in wider use in the region.

The Khasi dao is a form of two-handed sword used by the Khasi people inhabiting the hills to the south of the Brahmaputra valley. Although a well balanced two-handed sword, their principal role is in religious ceremonies related to the agricultural cycle.

2024年1月4日 · The Khasi Dao is an extremely large sword on the verge of becoming a spear or a polearm. It has a double set of crossguards with a large full tang, two-handed steel handle with a curved single-edged blade that tapers to a sharp point.

Not exactly medieval europe, but probably medieval nonetheless. Off the top of my head is the Khasi Dao from the Khasi tribe in Assam, India. It's a sword-staff hybrid like the Nagamaki, but lighter and all steel construction. It also has two pairs of crossbar guards, so there's that.

2022年11月6日 · Waitsum literally means "spear sword" in the Khasi language. It is a peculiar type of two-handed, single-edged sword with all-steel construction and double crossguards. It is known in the English speaking world as Khasi dao, named after the Khasi people of the Khasi hills, but the weapon was in wider use in the region.

2022年3月1日 · The Khasi dao is a peculiar weapon that consists of a rather Chinese-looking blade on an all-metal hilt with double crossguards. The pommel end is always in the shape of a fish tail. By the time ethnographers first encountered them they were already obsolete, of unknown origin, and passed down in wealthy families as heirlooms and used in ...

"The Khasi Dao is a very interesting weapon, in the form of a long, forward-angled blade, the reverse edge of which often shows a double concave curve, with a long, slender hilt made of iron that has two pairs of quillons set about a foot apart, and a pommel in the form of a fishtail loop.

Many of the elements of the Khasi religion originate from Hinduism, from which the Khasi have adopted much and where temple and processional swords also play an important role. The matrilineal Khasi neighbouring the Garo speak a Môn language, which is related to Cambodian. Their proper name is Ki Khasi, which means “those born of a woman”.

The Khasi dao is a peculiar weapon that consists of a rather Chinese-looking blade on an all-metal hilt with double crossguards. Khasi dao is a term coined by Westerners, locally it was known as waitsum or "spear sword".

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