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Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2025, 10:51 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 15,166
Posted By Rick
I seem to remember seeing 20 years ago a couple...

I seem to remember seeing 20 years ago a couple of these mill balls for auction on eBay purported to be wootz cakes.
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2025, 10:33 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 15,166
Posted By Rick
Smile Civil War Union Perhaps

I have a friend here in Massachusetts who has been a 'Yankee Horse Trader', restauranteur and collector of old stuff most of his life; we swap stuff often.
He was departing for Florida for the...
Forum: European Armoury 2nd March 2025, 07:07 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 15,166
Posted By Rick
Here's my entrant in the cannon ball division. ...

Here's my entrant in the cannon ball division.
Roughly 5" in diameter, hollow, weighs about 8 pounds but feels heavier than I would have thought. The only way to measure its weight was for me to get...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd March 2025, 06:31 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 197,579
Posted By Rick
I believe I have an Iranun Kampilan,or so...

I believe I have an Iranun Kampilan,or so Xasterix tells me. It seems that it would be pretty cumbersome for boarding another vessel but it cerainly would be a fearsome weapon once one was ashore...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2025, 07:07 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 197,579
Posted By Rick
Question We seem to have overlooked the Iranun peoples...

We seem to have overlooked the Iranun peoples somehow.

https://the-iranun.blogspot.com/2011/03/brief-history-of-iranun.html
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 1st March 2025, 12:02 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 17,639
Posted By Rick
Unhappy Hi Green, It is a legal morass as is...

Hi Green,
It is a legal morass as is illustrated by the now closed discussion linked below.
I don't think there is any legal way to do this, and we don't discuss circumventing, or how to...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 19th February 2025, 07:25 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 64,571
Posted By Rick
Cool I'm with you, Jim. :) I'm about 3 miles as the...

I'm with you, Jim. :)
I'm about 3 miles as the crow flies from the wreck site; it lies offshore about where the Marconi Station was located. During my misspent youth my friends and I most likely...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th February 2025, 06:17 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 64,571
Posted By Rick
Smile Decrepit ships were often burned for their iron...

Decrepit ships were often burned for their iron in those times, especially if the location was as far flung as Madagascar was back then. This may contribute to the mystery about these vessels.

Now...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 9th February 2025, 05:52 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 42,041
Posted By Rick
Of course, Detlef. There's nothing wrong with...

Of course, Detlef.
There's nothing wrong with members expressing their thoughts though. I don't think any one of us has said that this anything definite, just observations, no harm in that.:)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th February 2025, 03:48 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 26,842
Posted By Rick
Thumbs up That spearhead is out of this world! Beautiful...

That spearhead is out of this world!
Beautiful panel nicely executed what's not to like?
Will you re-haft it?
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 6th February 2025, 11:43 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 64,650
Posted By Rick
Speaking of ethnicity. This cartoon of Europe...

Speaking of ethnicity.
This cartoon of Europe must be from the WW1 era.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th February 2025, 11:11 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 42,041
Posted By Rick
To me this form looks like an interpretation of...

To me this form looks like an interpretation of the Kocet Kocetan keris handle style.
I know it's a stretch, still that's what popped into my head upon first view.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 27th January 2025, 09:54 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 64,571
Posted By Rick
Wink Possibly for the treasure hunter/s Jim, maybe not...

Possibly for the treasure hunter/s Jim, maybe not so much for the Bank and the private backers/investors when the expedition fails to produce. :(
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 23rd January 2025, 10:56 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 64,571
Posted By Rick
He's still searching for the Santa Maria, Jim....

He's still searching for the Santa Maria, Jim. The powers that be in the world of shipwreck archeology have deemed that the first discovery was not the Santa Maria.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd January 2025, 06:19 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 30,667
Posted By Rick
Smile A pedang with a very similar blade and a Garuda...

A pedang with a very similar blade and a Garuda on the pommel.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 21st January 2025, 08:18 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 64,571
Posted By Rick
If I recall correctly, the word was that they had...

If I recall correctly, the word was that they had not gone deep enough and the the majority was further beneath the sand, which is believable considering the amount of wave action off the 'backside'...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2025, 05:09 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 34,470
Posted By Rick
Question I have a question about the examples you showed,...

I have a question about the examples you showed, Detlef. The two knives with wood handles have finials at their ends; what would be their use be? :confused:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th January 2025, 05:58 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 28,742
Posted By Rick
Unhappy Can you get your money back? :rolleyes: :(

Can you get your money back? :rolleyes: :(
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th January 2025, 05:55 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 26,320
Posted By Rick
I also thought Sulu, Ian. The example in the...

I also thought Sulu, Ian.
The example in the center of the picture below looks like the same era as does the one on the left side.
The blade is thin, but it will cut you if you even look at it in...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th January 2025, 02:52 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 64,571
Posted By Rick
Just Too Embarrassing To Continue?

Probably.
I find it amazing that Mr. Clifford neglected to bring a Silver test kit with him on his expedition. :confused:
If you find more information Jim, please keep us up to date. You could...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 8th January 2025, 06:25 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 18,135
Posted By Rick
Smile Looking at the patina on the grip makes me think...

Looking at the patina on the grip makes me think that this handle has a lot of age cracks from use; the material seems eroded in places. The Cauliflower-like section confuses me a bit since it does...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th January 2025, 08:46 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,350
Posted By Rick
It is worth a 'passing glance' though Ian. :)

It is worth a 'passing glance' though Ian. :)
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th January 2025, 03:52 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 25,350
Posted By Rick
Here's a pendok that shows some interesting open...

Here's a pendok that shows some interesting open work with a red velvet cover beneath.
I stopped counting the stones mounted on it after a hundred or so.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th January 2025, 03:24 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 23,225
Posted By Rick
Yes, I have a village blacksmith's Guom that...

Yes, I have a village blacksmith's Guom that shows crude fullers.
Too late to hunt it up here tonight, but I'll post a picture tomorrow.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 24th December 2024, 05:17 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 7,092
Posted By Rick
Thumbs up May everyone's Christmas be Merry and Bright. :)

May everyone's Christmas be Merry and Bright. :)
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