scimitars

The General Services Administration spent $92 on steak knives, described as scimitars, from Lamson and Goodnow Manufacturing.

© Courtesy of Mississippi River... 2006

'Space being made, presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold; hats on their heads of crimson velvet, with great rolls of gold, girded with two swords, called scimitars, hanging by great bawdricks of gold.

The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain 1872

And, frankly, all this stuff about "scimitars" and the Gates of Vienna is nothing more than proto-Nazism - with the "proto" diminishing in intensity with the increasing normalization of racist bigotry among the European and American ultra-right.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

Along its furthest wall hung a large Persian rug flanked by a pair of finely crafted scimitars; items he had obtained from a museum curator some years back.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Frank Murdock’s Review Forum 2009

Along its furthest wall hung a large Persian rug flanked by a pair of finely crafted scimitars; items he had obtained from a museum curator some years back.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Frank Murdock’s Review Forum 2009

Set as a kind of a German working class drinking song, the tune is supported by percussion from Turkish sources along with the provocative sounds of scimitars, swords clashing with each other.

At Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Symphony Sings for Pakistan Flood Relief 2011

Set as a kind of a German working class drinking song, the tune is supported by percussion from Turkish sources along with the provocative sounds of scimitars, swords clashing with each other.

At Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Symphony Sings for Pakistan Flood Relief 2011

Those who shake their scimitars at the west, and those who advocate the most intolerant religious views are those who benefit from isolation from and confrontation with the west.

More work on the Cory Doctorow painting frankwu 2009

Four thuggish-looking Klingons, sporting gnarled foreheads and robed regalia and clutching spears and scimitars, looked on as the two "Hamlet" renditions were performed side by side -- a minute or two of the grating, guttural Klingon version, followed by a minute or two of the English one.

Theater Review: Washington Shakespeare Company's evening of the Bard in Klingon Celia Wren 2010

Along its furthest wall hung a large Persian rug flanked by a pair of finely crafted scimitars; items he had obtained from a museum curator some years back.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Frank Murdock’s Review Forum 2009