Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2025, 07:35 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2025, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 41,074
Hi RobT
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Hi RobT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_legislation
Cheers
Chris
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2025, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 19
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Hi Detlef,
I think that RobT pretty much...
Hi Detlef,
I think that RobT pretty much nailed it!
I searched through my reference books and the best that I could find was in one of Abel Domenech’s Spanish language book on folding knives,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2024, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,760
Hi RobT
The book has 237 photos of...
Hi RobT
The book has 237 photos of navajas, with captions in both Spanish and English that describe the locality of manufacture and age.
Cheers
Chris
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2024, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,760
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2024, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,760
Hi RobT,
Not really, I have some very hefty...
Hi RobT,
Not really, I have some very hefty navajas in my collection that were obviously display pieces and not intended for use, as evidenced by paint and etch decorated blades without any signs...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th November 2024, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,760
Hi RobT,
I have a nagging suspicion that...
Hi RobT,
I have a nagging suspicion that these navajas were made for sale as souveniers well into the 19th century, perhaps harking back to an earlier era. I base this on the very poor level of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2024, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,760
Hi Lee,
The ring pull/release made its...
Hi Lee,
The ring pull/release made its appearance around 1875, so yours is most probably earlier, but its general styling suggests 19th century.
Unfortunately inscribing date of manufacture...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2024, 07:10 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,760
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2024, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 70,533
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2024, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 43,115
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2024, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 43,115
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2024, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,326
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,326
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,326
Hi Yuri,
Many thanks for the links....
Hi Yuri,
Many thanks for the links. Unfortunately they are in Cyrillic script, so I will have a difficult time in reading them. Do you know of an English translation?
Cheers
Chris
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2024, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,326
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2024, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,326
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2024, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,326
Hi,
Thanks for the links, but I could not...
Hi,
Thanks for the links, but I could not find the article that the first like was supposed to take me to and got an error message on the second one. What am I doing wrong?
Cheers
Chris
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2024, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,523
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2024, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,523
Hi tbird914
I did some more searching on the...
Hi tbird914
I did some more searching on the internet and found a similar knife being discussed and the poster claims that the brand MCA MH RDA is in fact an abreviation of `MARCA MARTINEZ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2024, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,523
Hi,
It is a “cuchillo criollo”, (creole...
Hi,
It is a “cuchillo criollo”, (creole knife) pertaining to the Pampean flat grasslands of Sth America extending from southern Brazil to Uruguay and Argentina. These days it is classified as a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2024, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,326
Hi,
A fairly high carbon content is...
Hi,
A fairly high carbon content is what made Wootz crucible steel possible, that is to say, by lowering the melting point. Upon solidification, the excess carbon formed carbides, the presence...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2024, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 19
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Hi mariusgmioc,
Good obeservations!
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Hi mariusgmioc,
Good obeservations!
Well, the toughness test results of the Wootz tested by Larrin is rather poor, so I imagine that the antique variety can't be much worse.
A note here...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th April 2024, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,326
Properties Of Wootz
Hi Folks,
Over the years there has been much discussion on this forum about the properties of Wootz, and recently the metallurgist Dr Larrin Thomas has posted a very informative video on this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2024, 12:36 PM
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