Ethnographic Arms & Armour
  

Go Back   Ethnographic Arms & Armour > Search Forums
Reload this Page Search Results
FAQ Calendar Today's Posts Search

Page 1 of 3 1 23
Showing results 1 to 25 of 61
Search took 0.01 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: ashoka
Forum: Swap Forum 20th September 2022, 07:29 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 6,068
Posted By ashoka
Smile ashoka arts

Hi Folks, just a note to add the website is newly polished with a fresh new look and some interesting new stock items to peruse! thanks Stef:)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th November 2015, 11:03 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 8,792
Posted By ashoka
very nice but not unique! It came with another...

very nice but not unique! It came with another identical so definitely of a type.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th May 2015, 11:07 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,737
Posted By ashoka
indeed..

indeed..
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th May 2015, 10:42 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 12,905
Posted By ashoka
Wilhelm Hein Page 346 has a picture of the same...

Wilhelm Hein Page 346 has a picture of the same hilt, sword handle of the Negritos Sierra Zambales of Luzon, from a german collection 1877 but I guess the form continued for a good while
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th May 2015, 04:26 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,737
Posted By ashoka
maybe if you wait long enough it'll grow back,...

maybe if you wait long enough it'll grow back, like a starfish..
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th May 2015, 01:32 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,737
Posted By ashoka
Interesting but slightly irrelevant to focus on...

Interesting but slightly irrelevant to focus on what tool has cut off the point, it's clearly been cut off, you can see the burr along the edge, presumably some very sharp knife or tool. It also...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th May 2015, 11:52 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,737
Posted By ashoka
There are many in museums, but your best bet is...

There are many in museums, but your best bet is probably just comparing them to ones online, and in good museum collections. I see no reason at all to think there is anything doubtful about it. The...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th May 2015, 10:38 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 19,737
Posted By ashoka
Looks great to me. Patina and wear is as you...

Looks great to me. Patina and wear is as you would expect, at one point it has been totally cleaned chemically of all the original patina and then aquired another old one. To me it looks as if one...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th May 2015, 11:05 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 9,506
Posted By ashoka
Just a common spot of weakness at the thinnest...

Just a common spot of weakness at the thinnest point after centuries of rusting. Not a bad way of repairing it really, if repair is what you're after. Lots of things surface in bad condition...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th May 2015, 08:40 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 9,506
Posted By ashoka
nice early Katar, welding areas circled. They've...

nice early Katar, welding areas circled. They've been blobbed and ground down a bit to make them less obvious, at least that's what it looks like from these photos.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th April 2015, 12:42 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,409
Posted By ashoka
This looks to me like a shortened Hungarian...

This looks to me like a shortened Hungarian blade. I have found them in all manner of weapons, Nimchas, shamshirs in particular from Syria, Indonesia esp. Sumatra. How they got to all these places...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th April 2015, 12:21 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,733
Posted By ashoka
No idea I'm afraid. I have always been cautious...

No idea I'm afraid. I have always been cautious labelling things with native names too much, although it is part of the game of collecting for some. This has been languishing in a box for many years,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th April 2015, 12:15 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 24,510
Posted By ashoka
Another similar with brass blade. Mauretania

Another similar with brass blade. Mauretania
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th April 2015, 12:11 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 8,733
Posted By ashoka
Snap. One of the first ever pieces I bought about...

Snap. One of the first ever pieces I bought about 30 years ago, I bought it off Evan Perry who had then decided to take a break from weapons and start collecting corkscrews... In slightly worse...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th April 2015, 06:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,409
Posted By ashoka
From Java I believe

From Java I believe
Forum: European Armoury 29th April 2015, 12:38 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,954
Posted By ashoka
There are lots of swedish 'brown bess' muskets,...

There are lots of swedish 'brown bess' muskets, marked tower, british proofed etc, and then remarked with swedish military numbers after export as seen here. Sometimes these have been converted to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th April 2015, 08:16 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 9,506
Posted By ashoka
maybe a cut down rapier blade. A shame about the...

maybe a cut down rapier blade. A shame about the welding repairs to the blade mounts though
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th April 2015, 08:08 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 24,510
Posted By ashoka
although the handle could be from several places...

although the handle could be from several places in isolation, without having seen the blade I would have said Mauretania. The form of the blade with that bit at the bottom reminds me of some...
Forum: European Armoury 27th April 2015, 08:58 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 11,583
Posted By ashoka
looks like tortoiseshell to me. Would be totally...

looks like tortoiseshell to me. Would be totally appropriate for the quality/age/origin of the knife
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th April 2015, 06:03 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 8,870
Posted By ashoka
well - as no one else will bite the bullet on...

well - as no one else will bite the bullet on this one... To me this looks like an authentic hilt circa 1700 Hungarian-Ottoman, and the blade shape is also the right style for the hilt. The weird...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th April 2015, 10:43 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 8,870
Posted By ashoka
I do think the hilt and crossguard are possibly...

I do think the hilt and crossguard are possibly old. They have put the crossguard on upside down which is fairly ridiculous and then had to cut into the upper side of the guard to allow the blade to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd April 2015, 10:40 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 14,616
Posted By ashoka
Nice old super-thick silver koftgari in great...

Nice old super-thick silver koftgari in great condition, a very nice hilt indeed. I have noticed over the years that this type of thick silver koftgari hilts generally have surprisingly plain blades...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th April 2015, 04:44 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,120
Posted By ashoka
There are thousands of heavily rusted Indian...

There are thousands of heavily rusted Indian weapons with the same patination from armouries and the Indian climate, it is totally typical. And hundreds of these weapons similarly ruined by the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th April 2015, 03:46 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,120
Posted By ashoka
They aren't even particularly low level ones in...

They aren't even particularly low level ones in my humble opinion, pretty reasonable quality. Years of use being polished with sand and abrasives, rusted totally then repolished badly with a buffing...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th April 2015, 09:31 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,120
Posted By ashoka
These are not fakes either in my opinion, I...

These are not fakes either in my opinion, I haven't exactly seen that configuration before with the makarra heads holding the blade, but there are many lightweight brass patahs and other weapons from...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 61
Page 1 of 3 1 23

 
Forum Jump

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:32 AM.

Contact Us - Registration & Forum Rules - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Posts are regarded as being copyrighted by their authors and the act of posting material is deemed to be a granting of an irrevocable nonexclusive license for display here.