sd, I seriously doubt Egyptians had handles like those at argoth.co.uk. In my opinion, they would interfering with comfortably holding the weapon. And the blades... Actually, they look quite like those "fantasy" knives I used to see in shops. Ornamental and nothing else. Ah, I was right: Argoth - Gothic: Fantasy weapons: Egyptian Weapons The first link is much more useful for the real Egyptian weapons. Thanks.

-- erlik