Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2020, 07:37 PM
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Ariel, One of the adaptions or cross cultural...
Ariel, One of the adaptions or cross cultural trends in sword design taken up to the 20thC in Afghanistan has been this guard with what appears to be a dominant beak at the top of the Knuckle Guard....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2020, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,522
Likhari,
I liked how you have looked the...
Likhari,
I liked how you have looked the subject through a different lens and note the exceptional work on these hilts. One displays the Knuckle guard that became part of the style in swords in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2020, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 17,552
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2020, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 17,552
Dear Charles,
Can you throw some light onto...
Dear Charles,
Can you throw some light onto the situation with this weapon … In your opener you said these two weapons were virtually of the same name and clearly they are the same design. Who...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th March 2020, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 15,018
Try this...
Try this http://omanisilver.com/contents/en-us/d316_Omani_Matchlock.html :shrug:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2020, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,008
please see...
please see http://omanisilver.com/contents/en-us/d316_Omani_Matchlock.html
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2020, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
We know that the main traded items entering the...
We know that the main traded items entering the Zanzibar hub were Slaves ..Rhino Horn and hides and Ivory. It has been quite difficult to obtain Ivory Khanjar examples with specific high definition...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2020, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,440
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2020, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,440
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2020, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,440
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2020, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,440
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2020, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,440
Reference.
A. ...
Reference.
A. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25067&highlight=karabela
B. THE AMAZING PICTURE AT #1 OF A KARABELA AT...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2020, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
Reference:
A....
Reference:
A. http://www.khanjar.om/Materials.html
B. http://omanisilver.com
Thank you Ed, The regional general designs are tuned to a central likeness with specific designs from area to area....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2020, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2020, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,622
The Folding Version of the Lohar.
I am...
The Folding Version of the Lohar.
I am fairly sure that the modern application of copied Lohar today includes many that are for sale in the famous Chicken Street Kabul Souk...It is a subject the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2020, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
Suri Khanjar (From Sur)
This smaller and typically well balanced Weapon is from the famous coastal city of Sur. The pattern is chequered in silver geometry sewed onto the leather scabbard . The belt outer rings are rather...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2020, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2020, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
I wanted to revisit this peculiar weapon which...
I wanted to revisit this peculiar weapon which resembles its Yemeni cousin at #337 yet is distinct in two quite different regions in Oman ...The Dhofar region around Salalah in Southern Oman and the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2020, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2020, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2020, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
Having looked at this odd species I assume the...
Having looked at this odd species I assume the hilt simply isn't finished or that the new owner will round off the pommel or go for a Tee shaped style instead..What I do know is the material of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th February 2020, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 377
Views: 487,166
I have never seen one of these variants with...
I have never seen one of these variants with quite the hilt decoration and shape ...thus I should be quiet and take your ideas..perhaps http://www.khanjar.om/Materials.html has some clue to the...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th January 2020, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 27,406
According to www.tartansauthority.com
I...
According to www.tartansauthority.com
I QUOTE" Halbard
The halberd or battle-axe was a Swiss invention which was a combination of spear and axe on a long handle. It was a direct descendant of...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th January 2020, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 17,968
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Forum: European Armoury
26th January 2020, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 56,711
From the superb additions and at #70 on Taqi...
From the superb additions and at #70 on Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf by Andrea Ferraro89
see Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf on the web... :shrug:
Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf
Taqi...
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