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	Kopis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The kopis is an ancient single-edged sword with a heavy forward-curving blade, designed for delivering strong cleaving blows.
		In turn, it is often compared to the shorter Nepalese kukri and the Iberian falcata and may be their predecessor.
		Though kopis is a Greek word, the ancient Greeks did not often use curved blades in warfare, preferring rather the straight, more martially versatile xiphos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kopis (254 words)

	Kopis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The kopis is an ancient single-edged (A cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade) sword with a heavy forward-curving blade, designed for delivering strong cleaving blows.
		In turn, it is often compared to the shorter (A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China) Nepalese (additional info and facts about kukri) kukri and the (additional info and facts about Iberian) Iberian (additional info and facts about falcata) falcata and may be their predecessor.
		Though kopis is a Greek word, the ancient Greeks did not often use curved blades in warfare, preferring rather the straight, more martially versatile (additional info and facts about xiphos) xiphos.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ko/kopis.htm (215 words)

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		The kopis is a weapon that owes it's origin to the Greeks, as well as the Etruscans who added some later changes.
		The kopis was a mainstay of the Greek hoplites, and is the forerunner to the falcata, though the kopis continued to be used well after the introduction of the falcata.
		The kopis is a one handed weapon with an average length of about 3 feet, making it equal in size to the Spatha.
	www.angelfire.com /il2/annatar/kopis.html (229 words)

	Thracian weapons - Swords and knives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The machaira, or kopis was a heavy, slashing sword with the cutting edge on the inside of a long, slightly curved, blade.
		The kopis was not originally a cavalry weapon, but was well suited to the purpose.
		The kopis was mostly replaced in cavalry service by a long sword near the end of the fourth century, but Thracian cavalry of the late Hellenistic period also used the sica, a large curved sword.
	www.thrace.0catch.com /swords_main.htm (2991 words)

	The Morning Journal - News - 06/24/2005 - Irish princess crowned queen of International
		Kopis, 17, was named the International's queen last night at the 39th Annual Princess Pageant.
		Kopis, who will be a senior at Southview High School, was quick to assign credit for her success.
		Kopis was sponsored by St. Anthony of Padua Church in Lorain.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14749997&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6 (361 words)

	Eating & Drinking
		The Chinese kedai kopis usually have an array of hawker stalls offering various noodle and rice dishes whilst the Indian kedai-kopis will have stalls serving a variety of curries to go with the chapati or roti canai.
		There tend to be fewer Malay kedai kopis and if you do locate one try their nasi lemak — the traditional Malaysian breakfast of coconut rice, beef rendang and sambal, served with the trimmings of crisp-fried anchovies and roasted peanuts.
		Many Chinese kedai kopis will however have a night-stall (usually opening from about 5pm onwards) with the chef frying dishes in a gigantic wok with ‘rocket’ flames.
	www.angelfire.com /on/khian/eat.html (3283 words)

	Hinshaw & Culbertson \| Attorneys \| Jeffrey A. Kopis
		Kopis has also participated in numerous arbitration and mediation matters on a variety of cases.
		Defense also disclosed to the jury the plaintiff’s school records, which indicated that English was the plaintiff’s second language and plaintiff had difficulty speaking and reading English, which was the primary reason listed in his records for his poor grades.
		Kopis is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the St. Clair County Bar Association, the Madison County Bar Association, the Central and Southern Districts of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.
	www.hinshawculbertson.com /people/bio.aspx?print=true&id=8327 (518 words)

	The Origin And The Development Of The Kukri - British Blades :: Custom Knife Making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Kopis (first came about around 500BC and was made of iron) is often associated with the kukri, due to Alexander the Greats defeat of the Indians in Punjab (then Northern India) at the battle of Hydaspes in 326 BC.
		Also many mercenary troops for the Greeks used the Kopis as well, such as the Dii tribesman (modern Bulgaria) and the Etruscians (Northern Italy, whose alphabet is based on the Greek alphabet, due to the heavy Greek colonisation of that area).
		Another possible name for the Kopis that you might hear of is the Machaira, which in Greek refers to Knife types where as the word Kopis (pronounced Gopis) refers to clever type weapons and is a more accurate terminology.
	www.britishblades.com /forums/showthread.php?t=9095 (949 words)

	KOPIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Search the KOPIS Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the KOPIS Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named KOPIS at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/K/KOPIS.htm (73 words)

	myArmoury.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is believed that the kopis is a development of the Iberian falcata.
		The effect of an iron kopis on the bronze armor of the time must have been terrible indeed (though bronze was still the material of choice, iron was beginning to make its appearance).
		The leaf blade of the xiphos and the forward curving blade of the kopis are more complex and time consuming to produce than the straight, double-edged blade of the gladius.
	www.myarmoury.com /feature_ironempire.html (2379 words)

	Ethnographic Arms & Armour - Kopis/khopsh etc. - Egyptian swords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Copis (kopis) is a different sword; N Mediterranean and Central Asian.
		With the sword that I have that was listed as a "kopis", I suspect that in at least the general form that was similar to the Egyptian weapon?
		I have the idea (nothing official) that the difference between kopis and falchata is that falchata had a knuckleguard.
	www.vikingsword.com /vb/showthread.php?t=498 (5337 words)

	Encyclopedia: Weapon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The gladius hispaniensis could slip through openings in armor, and Roman doctrine held that a stab wound as shallow as one inch could be lethal.
		The hatchet-like Greek kopis, by contrast, seems built to dismember, but its point-heavy balance might make it clumsy against comprehensive armor.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Weapon (6207 words)

	The Armory
		The ancient Greeks took the khopesh concept from the bronze age into the iron age and used the design as the basis for their kopis, pictured at left.
		Preferring to sharpen the kopis on the concave edge of the blade, the Greeks developed the weapon into more of a hacking weapon, almost like an axe.
		The European falchion is a direct descendant in form and in function of both the khopesh and the kopis.
	www.simutronics.com /etimes/et3/armory.html (2492 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Old Testament-era weapons and armor
		I wouldn't consider lorica segmentata as banded mail since banded mail is heavy armor and the segmentata was actually lighter than a typical roman mail shirt (9 kg versus mail's 12 kg).
		The Kopis is at times also referred to as the Macheira.
		Falcata is a latin name, Kopis is a greek name.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=79849 (1744 words)

	IIIC.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The kopis sword was popular in the 4th and 5th century.
		The blade was curved and so was the main part of the sword.
		There was also a sword called the Hoplite sword which they liked to use and it was found in Spain and it is a bit longer than the Kopis sword.
	create.nuevaschool.org /~four/greece/tyler/IIIC.html (65 words)

	Ancient Greek Hoplite Reenactment
		In addition, period kopis' have been produced by Association armourers and can be obtained through normal channels.
		Their kopis looks a little strange though from the website illustration and it is recommended that a better picture is obtained before committing to purchase.
		Currently, the only 'real' commercial sword that can be recommended is the commissioned kopis from Valiant which is a special order, not featured on their site.
	www.4hoplites.com /Reenactment.htm (2403 words)

	RuneGame.com Forums - Rune Axe
		The Kopis hilt motif is an eagle's head following the contures of the pommel and it's wings or feathers on the guard.
		It is believed that the Gurkha's "Kukri" blade shape was influenced by the Macedonian Kopis after Alexander marched through that area of Northern India and Hindu Kush/Afganistan.
		Both Kopis and Macheria would have been used by some Alexander's Thracian troops from what is now Bulgaria.
	www.runegame.com /vbf/printthread.php?t=27680 (496 words)

	Kopis.com/Home
		Macy Ann Kopis joins the Kopis clan pics.
		Tyler with Grandparents Kopis visit Mystic, Connecticut (pics).
		Grandpa Kopis holding Tyler (pics), and the Kopis Twins (pics) added.
	www.kopis.com (221 words)

	Himalayan Imports (Nepal khukuri) - Khukuri Background Info & History
		Rawson, in The Indian Sword, writes: 'The direct ancestor of the Kukri was no doubt the sword with a Kopis blade, but in the blades of certain Kukris it is clear that the conception of the forward angled blade, not the pure Kopis, underlies the form [see below picture 'Kopis-blade forms of the Indian subcontinent'].
		Swords of this type are found as 'Kopis' on Greek vase paintings...both the word and the type are Egyptian...the classification ['Kopis'] covers the Turkish and Balkan Yataghan, the [Nepalese] Kukri, the [Indian] Sosun Pattah, and the South Indian flamboyant sword.
		Blades of pure Kopis form appear in India in the sixth century, at Ajanta, and persist into modern times.
	www.himalayan-imports.com /khukuri-history.html (3355 words)

	Sword Forum Magazine - Historical Swords - The Falcata
		I had the opportunity to forge a Kopis and tested it on a military steel helmet.
		Not only did the Kopis cut into the helmet, but the helmet caved in around the cut!
		The Kopis was created, however, in a different era for a different style of combat and purpose.
	swordforum.com /swords/historical/falcata.html (536 words)

	Firm "KOPIS" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Intercourse, songs near the fire, games, quiz games, fishing, fantastic colors of sun-risings and sunsettings, mushrooms and berries are deserve to visit this amazing land.
		Firm "KOPIS" places in Your disposal an experienced guide (instructor), tourist equipment: canoes, rafts, saving waistcoats, tents, sleeping-bags, tourist rugs, fire equipment, cooking dishes, first-aid set and provisions.
		Tourists have to have an own equipment: rucksack, an own dishes (mug, bowl, spoon-), footwear and clothes which can protect from the rain and wind and are comfortable for the tour.
	kopis.spb.ru /english.html (539 words)

	Kopys, Gorky uyezd, Mogilev gubernia, Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		There is an article about Kopys in the Russian language Jewish Encyclopedia (Evreiskaya Encyclopedia).
		There may also be information on the Belarus SIG website under an alternate name of Kopys.
		There may also be information in the USHMM database under an alternate name of Kopys.
	www.jewishgen.org /belarus/shtetls/shtetl_detail.php?filename=skopysgm (650 words)

	Sword Forum International - Persian thing?? Needs identification
		This form has the same basic concept as early European dusacks, which were essentially a large blade with large aperture which acted as an opening for the hand to grip the blade.
		The form of the grip and pommel bears striking similarity to Arab saifs of Yemen and Hadhramaut which associate with the familiar 'nimcha' hilt, and the knuckleguard and slight nock in the grip recall those on the 'kastane' of 18th c.
		As has been mentioned, the 'peacock' in the motif suggests Mughal association, and the weapon itself seems likely from southern India regions that were part of Arab ports of call, possibly Malabar, and again may be an interpretation of the early kopis hilts, with Arabian influence in the style.
	forums.swordforum.com /showthread.php?s=&postid=592055 (6389 words)

	Weapons of Ancient Egypt - NetSword Discussion Forums
		There are also small grooves (too small IMO to qualify as fullers), one of which runs all the way from the hilt to the (rounded) point along the concave side - which suggests that side is the "back" of the blade.
		Those two bits of evidence, and the grip-shape mentioned already, are enough to convince me that this particular sword, though AKA "sickle-sword", was sharp on the outer face of its curve and wasn't an early form of shotel, kopis or khukri.
		Of course this non-Egyptian example doesn't prove that Egyptian versions weren't sharpened on the other side, but the general configuration leads me to think that a convex edge would be more efficient.
	www.netsword.com /ubb/Forum2/HTML/000642.html (1516 words)

	Sword Forum International \| swordforum.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The actual origins are lost to time, but it is pretty certain that it is of Indian origin and before that a similar blade was carried by the early Egyptians called a kopesh.
		The Greeks copied that design and called it a kopis and then the Macedonians continued using the unique forward curved blade shape and referred to it as a machiara or later as the Roman falcatta (fig.
		It could have found its way to India with Alexander the Great or via the extensive trade routes from the Arabian peninsula into the sub-continent.
	swordforum.com /articles/ams/kukri.php (759 words)

	KOPIS family history and genealogy information .. Kopis ancestry links
		OVERVIEW -- As this genealogical help and research area is a new part of our website, and is currently under development..
		genealogy software and family history research database for the Kopis name will likely be included in the updates along with an automated form to submit data for Kopis family history..
		posting surname and ancestry data for Kopis items as well as allowing the public to search for Kopis details will remain free of charge.
	www.museumstuff.com /zg.cgi?w=kopis (192 words)

	Falcata Kopis Horse Head - MWArt.com
		The kopis is an ancient single-edged sword with heavy forward-cutting blade, designed for delivering strong cutting blows.
		It is often compared to the shorted Nepalese kukri.
		The word was The word itself is the Greek feminine singular noun derived from the verb kopto, meaning 'to cut.' Though kopis is a Greek word, the ancient Greeks didn’t often use curved blade in warfare; they preferred the straight xiphos.
	www.mwart.com /xq/ASP/pid.2488/qx/product.htm (180 words)

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