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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th October 2024, 11:18 PM
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Posted By gp
Alor, Pantar, close to the Moluccan archipelago. ...

Alor, Pantar, close to the Moluccan archipelago.
Known nowadays for its beautiful sealife and (scuba)diving.
Once fierce warriors, not to mess with...
Enclosed a couple of pics from Alor
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th October 2024, 11:01 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 62,967
Posted By gp
stumbled upon a picture from a Dutch collector's...

stumbled upon a picture from a Dutch collector's website of cold weapons from Indonnsia:
a Bado originating from Tjikeroeh.
Grip had most likely been replaced one time or another.
Engraved with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th October 2024, 08:22 PM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
some pics of the Morlachs; a Slavic people in the...

some pics of the Morlachs; a Slavic people in the areo around Herzegovina, Lika and the Dalmatia, often in service of Venice
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th October 2024, 06:11 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,586
Posted By gp
Thank you, but my knowledge for this type of...

Thank you, but my knowledge for this type of knives /daggers is very limited.
My area is the Balkans ( and a little on Dutch klewangs...)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th October 2024, 06:03 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,793
Posted By gp
Beautuful exhibition and very nice book, although...

Beautuful exhibition and very nice book, although a minor point concerning the bibliography in the book : too much references to auction guides and auction houses / sales rooms compared to the number...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th October 2024, 11:08 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,586
Posted By gp
I wouldn't know, hence my question. ...

I wouldn't know, hence my question.



Yes indeed, thank you very much !
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th October 2024, 06:58 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,586
Posted By gp
Thumbs up unknown dagger

this dagger is 68 cm long, blade width 5 cm and handle / grip made from horn.
It looks to me pre 1900 , perhaps Ottoman, but could well be also from elsewere

Your thoughts please...

thanks a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th October 2024, 06:37 PM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
with regards to Tasa's contribution "The Ottoman...

with regards to Tasa's contribution "The Ottoman Art of Bladesmithing" a few pictures of the lads...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th October 2024, 09:39 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,793
Posted By gp
some vids: ...

some vids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxBQlnLJsCo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvo6H_OBg0
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th October 2024, 09:36 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,793
Posted By gp
some vids: ...

some vids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxBQlnLJsCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jmpskauHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvo6H_OBg0
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st October 2024, 08:22 PM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st October 2024, 08:21 PM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
some more Husars, King William III of Holland,...

some more Husars, King William III of Holland, some German and French and one of Luzern.
What I like is the difference in swords
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th September 2024, 01:06 PM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
another lady but except for the Husar-like...

another lady but except for the Husar-like uniform, have I no clue from which country and which regiment....

Anybody any idea?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th September 2024, 06:27 PM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
sword handling and dances, just like collecting...

sword handling and dances, just like collecting them.... is mostly male dominated,
but women do also are present...
as these dancing ladies from Asia, through the Arab world to the Balkans...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 21st September 2024, 09:51 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 22,191
Posted By gp
some books: African Faces by Hugo Maertens ...

some books:

African Faces by Hugo Maertens
Magische maskers. Afrikaanse maskers ut het Musée de l'Homme, paris by Ndiaye, Francine
the collector's guide to masks by Timothy Teuten...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th September 2024, 09:35 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 37,495
Posted By gp
Just stumbled on this exchange of visions...

Just stumbled on this exchange of visions concerning yataghan restorations and would like to thank all as this is one is personally most interesting for me on the forum since years

I would highly...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd September 2024, 07:30 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 36,553
Posted By gp
thank you very much for this most interesting...

thank you very much for this most interesting info! ( as I had years ago in Turkey a very nice acquaintance from Van)

Some more info for those interested :
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th August 2024, 10:58 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,199
Posted By gp
to continue our search: just found on a website a...

to continue our search: just found on a website a kind of copy of our knives
only lacking the winged of V shapped end of the handle / grip

this was the text:

1970's, Ottoman style Turkish...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th August 2024, 08:11 PM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
Most people know Goya from his work "The...

Most people know Goya from his work "The Disasters of War (Spanish: Los desastres de la guerra) " being a series of 82 prints created between 1810 and 1820 :...
Forum: European Armoury 20th August 2024, 07:15 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 9,637
Posted By gp
interesting blog item on daggers

as I found an interesting knife case (see pcture) from Zaire, Kong-Portuguese, 16th-18th century, size: 11 x 25 cm, located at the Detroit Institute of Arts
I wanted to know more about the item and...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 6th August 2024, 03:40 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 25,111
Posted By gp
No problem and thank you for pointing it out; I...

No problem and thank you for pointing it out; I overlooked it. My apologies !
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 5th August 2024, 09:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 25,111
Posted By gp
OK kindly requested to advise the criteria...

OK

kindly requested to advise the criteria to avoid future mishaps, as I thought Italy being European....:confused:
no offence intended

for those interested in the knife itself and its...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 4th August 2024, 06:51 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 25,111
Posted By gp
very interesting restoration

although I understand many of us neither have the tools nor the skills,
this remains a most remarkable restoration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_Cp9XL-XQ
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st August 2024, 09:53 AM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
one pic from Dajaks from Serewak , all others...

one pic from Dajaks from Serewak , all others from Atjeh
sources: several museums in NL
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th July 2024, 11:38 AM
Replies: 511
Views: 1,244,469
Posted By gp
one from Smyrna an another Russian

one from Smyrna an another Russian
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