Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2021, 06:19 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th August 2021, 09:38 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2021, 04:02 PM
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Fijian Clubs for comment
Hello Gentlemen,
At a recent meal with my father-in-law, the topic of conversation turned to ethnographic weapons. He asked me if I might be able to find some information on a pair of clubs that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th August 2021, 10:09 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th August 2021, 09:54 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th August 2021, 09:52 AM
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Many thanks for the comments Gentlemen. Much...
Many thanks for the comments Gentlemen. Much appreciated.
Kubur, that's a very good point! Thank you.
Regarding the use of coffee, it was a first for me and something that I learned about...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2021, 11:07 AM
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Pesh Kabz for comment
I recently picked up this Pesh Kabz at auction. It was described as an "Ivory handled short sword, brought back from Tibet".
This kind of thing is very much out of my wheelhouse, but it doesn't...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2021, 06:17 PM
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I recently saw this video:...
I recently saw this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iwsYool-JVI
The smith uses modern bearing steel (52100?) melted in a crucible with small amount of powdered graphite and glass. The knife...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2020, 07:06 PM
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Hi Battara,
The blade is a Nepalese Army...
Hi Battara,
The blade is a Nepalese Army piece, marked to the era of Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1901-1929), that has been placed in a tulwar handle. I’ve seen quite a few like this and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th November 2019, 05:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th November 2019, 04:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2017, 03:46 PM
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Unbelievably I didn't spot those peacocks!
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Unbelievably I didn't spot those peacocks!
I'll have to see if my very basic photoshop skills will allow me to point out what I see. Though I strongly suspect what I am seeing will be more like a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2017, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 49
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Hello Jens,
I'd like to ask, do you see the...
Hello Jens,
I'd like to ask, do you see the peacocks in the gilt sections, or in the negative of the bare steel? Or both?
I was recently looking at peacock imagery on some kukris, so perhaps...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2017, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 49
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2017, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 49
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Hi Miguel,
I know you were addressing...
Hi Miguel,
I know you were addressing another member, but I thought I'd chime in. I have seen a number of these knives over the years, though never in the flesh. IMHO it's definitely a style of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2015, 08:49 AM
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Katar with scabbard
Hello,
I have a wootz katar that I picked up in a mixed lot at auction. Though the katar itself is very plain, I was wondering if it is possible to date or place it, perhaps based on the scabbard?...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2015, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 89
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Not at all Chris! I just hope I'm not boring...
Not at all Chris! I just hope I'm not boring everyone to tears, or enraging those whose language I'm butchering.
Thanks for the clearer pictures. To me it looks like the fifth character is Tha +...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2015, 05:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2015, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 89
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2015, 04:57 PM
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That would be interesting to see.
I do not...
That would be interesting to see.
I do not have enough knowledge on the topic to say with any confidence, but I believe the inscription is Marathi.
When I'm attempting these translations, I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2015, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 89
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Very sorry if my last post came across as rude...
Very sorry if my last post came across as rude Jens, re-reading it I should have phrased it differently and started the post with "I think..." I am very new to these translations and still have a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2015, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 89
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Hi Chris & Jens,
I thought I'd posted up a...
Hi Chris & Jens,
I thought I'd posted up a crude translation last night, but it's either still waiting for a Mods approval or it's been lost in the ether, so I'll try again.
I don't know if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2015, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 89
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Hi Chris,
I don't know if it'll be any help...
Hi Chris,
I don't know if it'll be any help identifying where the sword came from, but I believe the six characters on the guard in the top picture are; Ri Ya S Ta Ha Ta(long a).
I'm not sure...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th July 2015, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 38
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There is evidently a huge difference between...
There is evidently a huge difference between accumulating information for our own personal interest and conducting legitimate research.
Can anyone recommend a text that lays out the correct way...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2015, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 10
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I think you wonder this more often than most...
I think you wonder this more often than most because the cornerstone of many of your arguments is an appeal to authority. Other posters rightly question or reject such logical fallacies and you are...
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