Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd July 2025, 05:31 PM
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Sorry guys, Eastwood used a Remington in Pale...
Sorry guys, Eastwood used a Remington in Pale Rider. Here's an AI search:
In the movie Pale Rider (1985), Clint Eastwood's character, "Preacher," uses a Remington 1858 New Army revolver. The gun...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2025, 07:08 PM
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Ian,
Your 'sword" may be a tool rather than...
Ian,
Your 'sword" may be a tool rather than a weapon, as Jim suggests. The interiors of the point elements are aligned. Also the roots of the points have been relieved like to accommodate or catch...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 01:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 01:47 AM
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5,000 Year Old Swords: Worlds Oldest
Found in Eastern Turkey.
The World’s Oldest Swords Discovered at Arslantepe Mound
The same question we collectors still ask:
Quoted from article:
"Were these swords wielded in battle or simply...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2025, 08:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2025, 01:31 AM
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Jim,
Your spear head, perhaps with a colored...
Jim,
Your spear head, perhaps with a colored "flag" or strip, may have been among the several standards held up to identify and form up or otherwise organize various troop units at large parades,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2025, 10:21 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2025, 06:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th January 2025, 02:56 AM
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FSV
Your Samoan Nifo Oti's "teeth" were...
FSV
Your Samoan Nifo Oti's "teeth" were likely the most technically sophisticated and challenging part of wooden war clubs of which I am aware. It would be hard to beat that. There are other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2024, 04:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2024, 08:01 PM
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Ian,
The new pictures and the tags are...
Ian,
The new pictures and the tags are informative. The tag that says the sword was found with chain mail, etc. suggests that the sword was owned by a Sudanese knight and a Baqqara tribal calvary...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2024, 08:50 PM
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Ian,
A MET head dress is IDed as Janus and...
Ian,
A MET head dress is IDed as Janus and said is "Headdresses covered with leather are made by many different peoples living in villages along the Cross River and in Cameroon.
Another site...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 06:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 01:53 PM
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Hello Kai,
Thanks for the gangay-blade...
Hello Kai,
Thanks for the gangay-blade explanation. "Tradition" does cover a lot of bases and is accepted by cultures as "Just the way it is" to be a proper kris". Also, I guess that the kris is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2024, 09:41 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2024, 04:26 PM
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Lee,
You certainly had a harrowing...
Lee,
You certainly had a harrowing experience, but ultimately no doubt exciting and rewarding.
Although it might be a stretch, I wonder if the fuller type terms giving by the antique dealer...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2024, 12:39 AM
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Jim,
The image of the so-called 1762 Funj...
Jim,
The image of the so-called 1762 Funj sword (fig.6) and my comment from p.7 of my Kaskara Cross-guards paper.
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Another example of the exaggerated flared lozenge is the Nasir...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2024, 02:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2024, 01:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 08:52 PM
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Here's a section from my Kaskara paper on...
Here's a section from my Kaskara paper on Fullers. I didn't include the pictured. The five fullered Kaskara is called the Suliman Mukamas.Don't know about anything related to Takoubas.
Quote: Cut...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 06:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 02:49 PM
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Marc,
I have a kaskara with five fullers. A...
Marc,
I have a kaskara with five fullers. A man at the Kassala sword market said in c.1983 that the smith who made it has seen another sword with five fullers and just wanted to see if he could...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 02:38 PM
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Jaxon,
Your kaskara has the famous...
Jaxon,
Your kaskara has the famous "enigmatic mark" of unknown origin and meaning. Several Forum posts deal with it, but this one is a summary.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2024, 01:00 PM
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