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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th February 2012, 01:23 AM
Replies: 18
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Posted By whistlinbill
Gentlemen, thank you so much for all the...

Gentlemen, thank you so much for all the scholarship and effort you have put into helping me! Can I buy you a drink at Baltimore?
Bill
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th February 2012, 01:21 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 12,505
Posted By whistlinbill
Gentlemen, thank you! I very much appreciate the...

Gentlemen, thank you! I very much appreciate the time and effort you are
putting into helping me--can I buy you a drink at Baltimore?
Bill
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th February 2012, 01:18 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 13,733
Posted By whistlinbill
Ibrahiim and Dave, thank you! I'll give that a...

Ibrahiim and Dave, thank you! I'll give that a play to see if I can head off the "red demon" before it gets a chance to get hold.
Thanks,
Bill
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th February 2012, 03:56 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 13,733
Posted By whistlinbill
Ibrahiim, Gav and Gene, Thank you so much for...

Ibrahiim, Gav and Gene, Thank you so much for your expertise (and kindness re the awful rust problem.) I live in the Southeastern part of the US, and have 53 inches of rainfall per year. I built a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th February 2012, 11:40 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 32,772
Posted By whistlinbill
Sure. I go by the Conyers office every now and...

Sure. I go by the Conyers office every now and then, and visit Sudhir and Pradeep and the guys I used to work with.
Bill
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th February 2012, 03:36 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 32,772
Posted By whistlinbill
Simon, I'm not sure if I answered you correctly...

Simon, I'm not sure if I answered you correctly on the Sheffield-made knives.
I only recall one or two kukris that we had out of Sheffield, and we had
LOTS of old stock from the factories there. ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2012, 05:06 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 32,772
Posted By whistlinbill
Simon, Gene and Berkley, Thanks ever so much! ...

Simon, Gene and Berkley,
Thanks ever so much! You are again lifting the scales of ignorance from my
eyes! Gentlemen, you have no idea how much I appreciate your scholarship and willingness to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2012, 12:16 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 32,772
Posted By whistlinbill
Well, the "religious rituals" comment was from...

Well, the "religious rituals" comment was from Ben Lowe, who was head of
pocket knife production for Joseph Rodgers in 1971, when I spent a fairish amount in Sheffield. He had worked at Joseph...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th February 2012, 12:32 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 32,772
Posted By whistlinbill
Gentlemen, thank you! You're giving me quite an...

Gentlemen, thank you! You're giving me quite an education in kukris--it's great to have scholars like you leading the way!
Gene, FWIW, somewhere in this lot there is a kukri made like the one you ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th February 2012, 10:15 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 12,505
Posted By whistlinbill
Rick, I started around 1978 or so, and just sort...

Rick, I started around 1978 or so, and just sort of continued. I did buy a couple collections of (mostly) West Coast African along the way, but most of the things came along at gun shows--maybe one...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th February 2012, 07:53 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 19,122
Posted By whistlinbill
Gentlemen, thank you so much! It was fun getting...

Gentlemen, thank you so much! It was fun getting the knives and swords,
and in those days most gun shows would have a thing or two that I didn't have--and usually, back then, the sellers didn't...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th February 2012, 03:28 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 32,772
Posted By whistlinbill
Simon, thank you! I really appreciate your...

Simon, thank you! I really appreciate your expertise in identification!
Bill
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd February 2012, 09:46 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 32,772
Posted By whistlinbill
Gentlemen, thank you so much for your help and...

Gentlemen, thank you so much for your help and expertise! I did pick up a fairish amount of kukris. Since I had a company that imported them, and I was interested, I tried not to let anything...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th January 2012, 08:58 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 12,505
Posted By whistlinbill
Hello, Ibraham! I don't think the horn is a...

Hello, Ibraham!
I don't think the horn is a replacement--it looked OK when I bought it, and
I looked pretty hard at it then! (But, to tell the truth, I do have a little chamber of horrors down in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th January 2012, 01:53 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 12,879
Posted By whistlinbill
Gentlemen, thank you for your expertise! And you...

Gentlemen, thank you for your expertise! And you are very kind about the
t3 (my designation--terrible tourist trash)! In the olden times, I sort of
tried to buy anything that looked different...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th December 2011, 06:42 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 19,122
Posted By whistlinbill
Red rust and a red face....

Gentlemen, I apologize for the red rust! The collection has been sitting in my basement (dehumidifier going all the time) for the better part of the past ten
years. I pulled the boxes out and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st December 2011, 04:27 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 13,733
Posted By whistlinbill
Gentlemen, thanks a bunch for your help! Your...

Gentlemen, thanks a bunch for your help! Your expertise is most impressive to an old coot like me, who collected with the one book that was available
at the time--Stone's. I very much appreciate...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th December 2011, 08:56 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 19,122
Posted By whistlinbill
Gentlemen, thank you for your expertise! When I...

Gentlemen, thank you for your expertise! When I was collecting, about the only thing I could tell was: "Is this one any different from the rest of the
crop?" And, if it was, and the price wasn't...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th December 2011, 12:49 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 13,733
Posted By whistlinbill
Thanks, gentlemen! These have been sitting in...

Thanks, gentlemen!
These have been sitting in my basement for a good long while--I just don't have enough wall space to put everything on it. (Built a place with a lot of large windows--plenty of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th December 2011, 01:47 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 19,122
Posted By whistlinbill
Rick, thanks for your kind comments! Bill...

Rick, thanks for your kind comments!
Bill Adams
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th October 2011, 06:57 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 18,236
Posted By whistlinbill
Gun show provenance and collectible (?) knives

I'd be right careful about buying any sort of "Revolutionary fascine knife", no matter how much they look like the photos in collector books. That hook-bill shape was used all over the world for...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th October 2010, 10:23 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 66,615
Posted By whistlinbill
Talking The Kukri blade Cutout And The "Spanish Notch"

To follow on to the Kukri blade cutout and the line(s) down the blade's back: One time when I was in Dehra Dun at the Windlass factory, one of the managers there had been in the 1971 scrap between...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th October 2010, 05:53 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,084
Posted By whistlinbill
Most used, ratty gun cases (which is all I ever...

Most used, ratty gun cases (which is all I ever use!) seem to cost about $10 at a gun shop or gun show. One alternative is to use some PVC drain line (this is the light, thinwall stuff--you want the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th October 2010, 09:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,225
Posted By whistlinbill
This first bayonet started life as a Model 1942...

This first bayonet started life as a Model 1942 US bayonet with a 16" blade. It fits a 1903 Springfield or M-1 Garand. In late 1942 it was decided to cut the blades down to 10" long--some were cut...
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