Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th November 2021, 08:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th November 2021, 03:56 PM
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The inscriptions
第十八中國工農紅軍 = Chinese Troop of...
The inscriptions
第十八中國工農紅軍 = Chinese Troop of Industrial and Agriculture Red Army. The title the communist military forces called themselves.路軍 = The 18th Army, a title given by the Nationalist...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2017, 09:16 AM
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Rich is right about your shin gunto.
It is...
Rich is right about your shin gunto.
It is authentic.
The sowrd smith signature is Kanenori 兼則
Date inscription is Showa 18 years August (1943), with a Nagoya arsenal stamp.
Cheers :)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2012, 07:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2012, 03:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2011, 08:03 AM
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nice late Qing dynasty dao. Nice as it is. And...
nice late Qing dynasty dao. Nice as it is. And can consider polish to see the forging grain or insert steel if you like. But can be seeing nothing as modern steel was poular and fashionable in that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2011, 06:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st June 2011, 01:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2011, 05:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2011, 05:03 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2011, 03:07 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2011, 02:31 PM
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Actually nothing smell right there -- the shape...
Actually nothing smell right there -- the shape of the whole thing, the wrap, the shape and the fittings of / on the handle, the workmanship of the tsuba, the detail of the scabbard, the kogatana,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2011, 02:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2011, 04:59 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2011, 08:41 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2011, 04:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2011, 09:02 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2011, 05:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2011, 03:26 PM
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The first wrap was perfect in the link. The...
The first wrap was perfect in the link. The second was not very satisfactory. Both were done almost 10 years ago. Now the polisher knows better and does a much better job with woven silk fabric...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2011, 03:36 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2011, 04:00 PM
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Hi Neil, nice spear head and Jian. Both are of...
Hi Neil, nice spear head and Jian. Both are of Qing Dynasty items.
As for the first mace, you have a good question. Unfortunately there is no official record / literature on such items. Perhaps...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2011, 03:41 PM
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Most of them are Warring States period (475BC -...
Most of them are Warring States period (475BC - 221BC) stuff, a couple New Stone Age.
Guys, the mace I posted was actually a hidden weapon of early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) or maybe a bit earlier....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd February 2011, 03:09 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2011, 05:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2011, 01:53 PM
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