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Forum: European Armoury 20th October 2024, 07:29 PM
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Views: 7,452
Posted By C4RL
That's a nice Kukri David 👍 Sadly the...

That's a nice Kukri David 👍

Sadly the bayonet was very likely "cleaned" by my father sometime, I'm guessing before the 70's because as far as I remember the odd time I saw it growing up it...
Forum: European Armoury 20th October 2024, 02:51 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,452
Posted By C4RL
This is one I have, inherited from my Dad...

This is one I have, inherited from my Dad recently. He found it in a church sale just after the war hidden behind a pew (Yorkshire), he asked the man in charge about it and was told to “take it, I...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th October 2024, 01:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 24,630
Posted By C4RL
Ah, I didn't realise it screwed together, that...

Ah, I didn't realise it screwed together, that blows my theory out of the water!

(Unless that's just a feature for when not in use? But doubtful. I imagined the red fabric an area for...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th October 2024, 08:53 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 24,630
Posted By C4RL
Here’s my imaginative guess! The image...

Here’s my imaginative guess!

The image with the red cloth is a seal that slides in the outer tube, the loose bit inside is a “check valve”, the end with all the holes is submerged in water (it...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 10th October 2024, 05:06 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 24,630
Posted By C4RL
Interesting. Used with a bucket of water or...

Interesting. Used with a bucket of water or something?

Suck water up, spray it out then repeat as necessary, like a bicycle pump?

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Forum: European Armoury 13th July 2024, 06:29 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 47,307
Posted By C4RL
Glodeskall = "Blacksmith's scale" I wonder? ...

Glodeskall = "Blacksmith's scale" I wonder?

I don't see "scale" on this head.

Amazing how crisp the non corroded parts of this head are, it'd definitely be interesting to know how it was...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th July 2024, 08:43 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 38,662
Posted By C4RL
A bit unlikely but how long is it? Yard stick? ...

A bit unlikely but how long is it? Yard stick?

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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 6th July 2024, 06:29 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 26,390
Posted By C4RL
Have you read this? ~ ...

Have you read this? ~
https://www.furtradetomahawks.com/fakes-mistakes--repros---17.html

If you click on the menu there's 31 pages of Hawk/Hatchet information.

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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 6th July 2024, 06:25 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 37,575
Posted By C4RL
Represented by who? Have you read...

Represented by who?

Have you read through this? ~
https://www.furtradetomahawks.com/fakes-mistakes--repros---17.html

If you click on the menu there's 31 pages of hawk/hatchet...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 8th May 2024, 10:45 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 26,873
Posted By C4RL
Coal breaking hammer? Common in UK...

Coal breaking hammer?
Common in UK households years ago when coal wasn't graded as well.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 29th April 2024, 02:57 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 26,873
Posted By C4RL
Stone mason's. Geologist's. Panel beater's. ...

Stone mason's.
Geologist's.
Panel beater's.
Welders slag.
Blacksmith's hot punch.
Piton (climbers).

That's just from memory without Googling.
While I agree spiked hammers aren't common...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th April 2024, 12:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 22,086
Posted By C4RL
Thanks Richard. The opening at the...

Thanks Richard.
The opening at the top is 5”/125mm wide. The widest part 9-1\2” / 24cm.
Despite searching the web I haven’t managed to find anything similar but realise I’m just...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 9th April 2024, 05:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 22,086
Posted By C4RL
Brass vase?

Hello.
I have two of these both slightly different, 34cm tall & 24cm at the widest point.
They don’t have solid bases but are made like tubes with three pieces of lead melted in the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th March 2024, 01:37 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,306
Posted By C4RL
What evidence? I agree that there isn't...

What evidence? I agree that there isn't any....

Like I say you can believe whatever want.

India (& Pakistan) turn out a huge amount of forged bladed items in styles from all over the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th March 2024, 05:18 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,306
Posted By C4RL
We are all entitled to our own beliefs &...

We are all entitled to our own beliefs & theories, just not our own facts.

Regards, Carl.
Forum: European Armoury 21st March 2024, 08:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,204
Posted By C4RL
I have three fire hatchets, two antique & one...

I have three fire hatchets, two antique & one modern, the spikes are tapered on all three.

My guess is your spike is for puncturing & the "fullers" are to let pressure escape, but like I say...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st March 2024, 06:18 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,306
Posted By C4RL
12" tall & 10" bit so it's huge. Full story...

12" tall & 10" bit so it's huge.
Full story here in one of my threads (with images missing due to Photobuckets antics, I'm reinstating them slowly)- ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st March 2024, 05:23 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,306
Posted By C4RL
OK. So a similar shape but nothing else. ...

OK. So a similar shape but nothing else.

This is an old image of three large French axes I have, the one on the left especially must share the same heritage I guess.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th March 2024, 02:41 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,306
Posted By C4RL
So just to make sure I understand this, the head...

So just to make sure I understand this, the head you own in the image stamped India is an antique? And it is "Pashtun"?
And anything else that looks like it is a reproduction?

The other thing...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 01:43 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 15,306
Posted By C4RL
Put "viking axe head" into Google and you can see...

Put "viking axe head" into Google and you can see as many heads as you like the same shape as the Indian stamped one.
I'm not making any judgement about the origins of any head being discussed...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 29th February 2024, 06:00 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 28,566
Posted By C4RL
Thanks. The best guess so far has been...

Thanks.

The best guess so far has been an asparagus cutter, they tend to be long & only sharpened at the end but don't have a hatchet/ cleaver, it was suggested this might have been to cut the...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 27th February 2024, 12:04 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 39,997
Posted By C4RL
Great to eventually identify the use of them. 👍

Great to eventually identify the use of them. 👍
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th February 2024, 03:05 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 39,997
Posted By C4RL
Yes, thought I haven't seen any as rustic as...

Yes, thought I haven't seen any as rustic as those the shape is very remanisant of what some use to torture Bulls for entertainment.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 25th February 2024, 06:15 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 28,566
Posted By C4RL
Thank you for that Ian, it'd be great if you...

Thank you for that Ian, it'd be great if you managed to find the listing.😉

The puzzling thing about it is this, the axe is sharp but the long part isn't a machete blade but more like a chisel...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 25th February 2024, 06:06 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 39,997
Posted By C4RL
Though normally not as crude as these, the shape...

Though normally not as crude as these, the shape is reminiscent of the "puntilla toros" used in bull fighting.
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