Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th July 2025, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 839
Another Odd Ball
Thanks for your responses. I seem to have a penchant for things that don't quite fit. While I tend to agree with David R’s Sürmene attribution, I have also noted the blade shape as mentioned by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th July 2025, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 839
Ottoman Empire? Dagger for ID
Hi All,
I recently got this knife and have finally gotten around to start to clean it. I suspect that it is from somewhere in the Ottoman Empire but since that covers a lot of territory and a lot...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
11th July 2025, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,332
What a Relief
A G Maisey,
Thanks for the information. I’m glad I don’t have to hunt up a new selut.
David,
Not only does your example have a wooden selut like mine, it also has a uwer, so I am good all the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th July 2025, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,332
Balinese Keris Wood Selut
Hi All,
When I got this Bali keris it had this wood selut fitted to the horn kocet kocetan hilt and I added the uwer. I don’t know if the selut is original to the piece but looking at it from the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2025, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,921
I Vote For Tool
Ian,
Very interesting piece. I am leaning toward tool. The shape of two prongs would allow them to be used as nail pullers. If the blade were to be thrust forward so that the nail head would catch...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2025, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,197
Some Helpful Links
Yvain,
I did a search using “batisse knife” and found these two sites on line. The first site listed shows a knife with a blade identical to yours but the hilt is different. The example shown is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2025, 12:37 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,780
I'll Leave It As Is Then
Ian,
Thanks for the good news. A marriage that old should be left intact. What the 19th century hath joined, let no collector (or dealer) cut asunder.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2025, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,780
I Fear the Worst
Ian,
Thanks for the link to your blade. While the guard on your dagger is asymmetrical, it isn’t as emphatically so as mine is with its knuckle bow. Also the hilt on yours is fittingly symmetrical...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2025, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,545
Blade Older Than Baca Baca & Hilt?
Yves,
From what I can see, it appears to me that your kris has a one piece baca baca. This is of interest to me because I have eight such kris but, in all of my examples, the separation between...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st June 2025, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,780
Philippine Dbl Edge Blade w/Sngl Edge Hilt
Hi All,
Although the hilt and blade are both from the Philippines, I suspect that the hilt and blade were originally on two different knives. There are three reasons that I believe this knife is...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st June 2025, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,435
Thanks for The Info
David,
Not only does your response show how common a ferrule at the bottom of the gandar is, it shows that I have a good degree of design latitude for making my reproduction. The one thing that...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th June 2025, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,435
Odd Ghost on Bugis Gandar
Hi All,
As you can see, a pretty straight forward Bugis keris (9 luk, 14.24” [36.195cm] blade) with a missing buntut. The thing that puzzles me is what appears to be the ghost of a metal band...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2025, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,044
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2025, 02:46 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,357
Thanks Ian
Ian,
Thanks for the information. I didn't know that khodmi just meant knife. Good to know.
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2025, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,357
AKA Khodmi
Donna,
You can also search using the word khodmi as this is another name for this knife. Bou Saâda is a town (and surrounding area) in Algeria. Bou Saadi basically means “from Bou Saâda”.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 20,344
Je Me Souviens Shirley Ellis
Jim McDougall,
I guess my age is showing.
Ian,
As I wrote on 06/04/25, Waetly's map is why I resurrected this thread. It would seem that the various Moroccan groups like to mix and match blade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2025, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 20,344
Very Strange
werecow,
If you go to the original thread (A koummya- and contexts) started by Jim Mcdougall on 03/27/25 (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=30588) and click on the link supplied by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2025, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 20,344
Try This One
werecow,
I took this link (https://www.armes-anciennes-du-maroc..._selection.pdf) from the original supplied by Pertinax. I tried it in that original thread and it worked. I don't know why mine...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2025, 12:53 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 20,344
New Information
Hi All,
I decided to resurrect this thread because of a map in the online sample of Hans Wealth’s book (https://www.armes-anciennes-du-maroc..._selection.pdf). The map shows areas for the Moroccan...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2025, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 19,683
Encouraging News
Thanks Corrado26,
The possibility of an online English version sounds promising…pending details. Perhaps you could ask Mr Waelty to notify the forum if it comes to pass. You may also want to tell...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2025, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 19,683
corrado26,
Since you have no trouble getting...
corrado26,
Since you have no trouble getting a response from Mr Waelty, could you ask him if an English version of his book is a possibility? I could puzzle through a good bit of the French but it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2025, 12:44 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 19,683
Not the Whole Thing
Ian,
I clicked on the link gp provided. As far as I can see, it doesn’t give the entire book of 185 pages. Clicking on Echantilon de lecture only gives 39 pages (which makes sense because...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2025, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 19,683
We Need an English Version
Hi All,
I just translated the part in the Waelty sample that has to do with koummya and khanjar. He also has a sample that deals with firearms and I wonder if he has anything on swords in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2025, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 15,323
Tunkou?
Ian,
Could the habaki-like structure be a tunkou variant?
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2025, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 19,683
One Last Comment
an,
Please allow me this last statement because I think that, if Waelty and Buttin are correct, the distinction between the koummya and the khanjar in Morocco is important as it helps to explain...
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