Can Sikhs wear swords and daggers of cultures?

[KirtanNirmolakHeera]

I'm not too sure... are us Sikhs allowed to wear Japanese, Persian, Spanish, or other styles of swords and daggers instead of Punjabi/Indian ones? Thank You.

[GuruJiDiPyari]

If you are thinking of wearing them as kakaar, for a kirpan, then it is very unlikely that it will be sarbloh. Usually traditional ones are sarabloh. Most of the others ones from other cultures are of steel and stuff, most even look like just your sabji-cutting knives.

[UntitledSingh]

I believe that any kind of sword become a Kirpan in the hands of a Sikh, if I were you I would get any style i liked then I would get some kind of Khalsa ingraving on it. I got a traditional Kirpan, and then got it sharpened. In someone elses hands it is just a sword, or dagger , or knife, but in the hands of a Sikh it is a Kirpan. Many people think that Kirpans are just symbols because we have guns now, yes they are a symbol to fight against tyranny and protect the weak, but also can be used. As long as people are made of flesh the Kirpan will never be just a symbol.

[Guest Lohgarh Singh]

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theres exactly te same topic in the news/sports/jokes section

heres part of my response:

all shastar were from other cultres, the sikhs used shastars from oda cultures, we didnt make any swords, but we ARE the ones the weild them the best

[Guest Lohgarh Singh]

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but the oda shastar is NOT to replace the kirpan

[total bir rass]

i take it that the name Kirpan was given by our guru's as people also call the kirpan a "tulwar" so what is the diffrence am i rite to say that the guru gave the name kirpan?

[Guest Lohgarh Singh]

wjkk wjkf

kirpan n talwar 2 diferent things

kirpan is a dager, talwar is a sword

[Raju]

  I'm not too sure... are us Sikhs allowed to wear Japanese, Persian, Spanish, or other styles of swords and daggers instead of Punjabi/Indian ones? Thank You.

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you might not be aware but there are some excellent examples of swordcraft in Indian culture that is fairly unknown outside. One example is the Urumi or Longsword almost 2m long that is used in the kalari system.

Traditionally swords/sabres have been popular in India because of the speed and 'agility' factor. Some european swords are really bulky and do not offer those advantages.

Many of the Japanese and Chinese (Shaolin) swords were only developed after Bodhi and other buddhist saints who took these very local weapons and introduced them in Shaolin & Japan etc.