Terminus Est

John Smith · 03 Jul 2008, 17:22 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: jsmith2627 at att.net (John Smith)
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:22:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Terminus Est
In-Reply-To: <1f7617370807030958w6a125323g3e2fa329b8beb3b at mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <122518.95734.qm at web83705.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Doesn't  the "man-edge" and "women-edge" distinction
just tell the executioner which side of the blade to
use?  And don't you tell the edges apart by the heads
(which I took to be male and female) on the sword's
guard?

"Man-edge and woman-edge could part a hair to within a
span of the guard, which was of thick silver with a
carven head at either end."  (Shadow, XIV)

The blade can still be symmetrical, even if each edge
has a separate use.


Jack

--- Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Gary
> <stuff at oreb.net> wrote:
> > I really think the channel needs to be along the
> centre-of-balance - the
> > centre, assuming a symmetrical sword.
> 
> There is some cause to believe that the sword is not
> symmetrical:
> it has recognizeable "male" and "female" sides.
> 
> -- 
> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
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Best wishes,

Jack

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