Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2024, 10:48 PM
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31st May 2024, 07:55 PM
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Here is another picture from Zeytun, from the...
Here is another picture from Zeytun, from the early 20th century. Some of these men have modern guns (Dont know anything about European weapons so not sure which ones), and some in the back are still...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th May 2024, 12:53 PM
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13th May 2024, 03:03 PM
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8th May 2024, 01:31 AM
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4th May 2024, 12:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2024, 12:31 AM
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Zeytun Acari Acquired
A while back, I posted about this rare gun to hopefully correct the misattribution in non-Armenian and non-Turkish sources.
I am pleased to say that in March, I was finally able to acquire one....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2024, 02:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th April 2024, 10:19 AM
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I wanted to talk a bit more about martial arts...
I wanted to talk a bit more about martial arts and training in this area, as well as arms production.
Most sources I am reading nowadays seem to suggest that arms production was at a very high...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2024, 08:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2024, 04:18 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2024, 07:49 AM
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For those interested, I have completed a larger...
For those interested, I have completed a larger body of research linked below which greatly fleshes out a lot of the information I discussed here. Thanks!
Photos below: Chaldean Men with Khanjars,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2024, 09:12 PM
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Impossible to tell, given the lack of sources,...
Impossible to tell, given the lack of sources, how this weapon was used or if it was even used at all. May have very well been a decorative piece. I will say, it is a lot sturdier than the Black Sea...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2024, 08:16 PM
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Armenian Yatagan with Extreme Curve
Just arrived today. This is quite possibly one of the rarest ethnographic weapons, I am only aware of one example that ever sold (this one, sold once in 2012, the same example sold to yours truly in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2024, 03:07 AM
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Gigantic Kindjals
These beasts turn up every now and again, they usually are over 120 centimeters in length.
Although these are decorated in a manner very befitting of Qajar-era Persian arms, almost all of them...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2024, 08:57 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2023, 03:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th December 2023, 03:45 PM
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Weapons of the Lake Van Highlands
This is a presentation/discussion on my research about a specific region of Eastern Turkey and its weapons. There are some gaps in the resources I have, as my main area of knowledge is Caucasian...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2023, 08:58 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2023, 10:50 PM
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Thank you Jim for your invaluable insights. If...
Thank you Jim for your invaluable insights. If these weapons were indeed being collected in Erzurum, then their presence in the Transcaucasus and Tbilisi would make a lot of sense. As we know, a lot...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2023, 10:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2023, 01:31 AM
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Opinions on "Kurdish-Armenian" Yatagans?
These rare weapons are often modified European blades with a yatagan hilt and persianesque decoration. I recently discovered a picture of one with a rather spectacular curve, complete with an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2023, 01:28 PM
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1st October 2023, 04:13 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th September 2023, 10:54 AM
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