tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 28 18:50:13 1996
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Re: qutluch
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: qutluch
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 19:48:02 -0700 (PPET)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Adrian K" at Oct 28, 96 03:58:56 pm
> Actually, this subject is kind of misty. In TKW, a picture of a weapon with
> two spring-mounted side-blades, an arrow-head front edge, and a spiked butt
> is refered to as a *qutluch*. However, both the Star Trek Omnipedia and
> other sources refer to this same knife as a *d'ktagh* <- terran spelling!
> According to the ST Omnipedia, a qutluch has a single curvy blade. I tend to
> wonder if this is an error on Okrand's or Okuda's part.
As a knife-fancier myself, I'll vote for it being Okrand's error. The
kris (wavy) blade is more suited as an assassin's weapon than the three-blade
dagger, which is used in open, stealth-free combat as a parrying weapon. (See
Porthos' use of it in "The Three Musketeeres").
qutluch daqtagh je vIja'chuqDI', jabbI'IDghomvam vIlo'Ha' vaj vay' vIghItlhnIS
tlhIngan Hol lo'bogh. mu'tlheghvam vIghItlh.
taDI'oS vIq, law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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