Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2019, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 12
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Baton tribal
Hello Kubur,
Thank you for this "lesson" of wise philosophy. I appreciate :-) Yes indeed, the gun needs to cool after firing if we missed the target. But if the target is hit or gone, there is no...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2019, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2019, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,439
How to remove this post and photos?
Hello everyone,
As nobody seems to know enough this type of stick to be able to give more information about it, I would like to erase this post and the photos which are illustrated there.
I think...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st August 2019, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,439
South Africa wooden staff for identification
Good morning or good evening to all,
I would like to know your opinion about this "wise or dignitary" wooden staff that I thought primarly was Tsonga. Now I doubt. Do you have any ideas or answers?...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2019, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 10
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1st Empire Mameluk sword
Hi Fernando,
I did not say it was a "fake", but probably a "reproduction" because it has some characteristics observed on swords called "oriental" of the Officers superior 1st Empire, without...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2018, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 3
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Cutlass from where
On one of the 2, I can read Holler Solingen. Which means that the place of manufacture is Germany at "Solingen". The one with the shell guard seems to be cutlass of the Imperial Prussian Navy. Try to...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2018, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2018, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,562
Good evening Fernando,
I am sorry for your...
Good evening Fernando,
I am sorry for your sword which indeed seems to be a reproduction. It seems that I had more luck with my Christmas present because it is an authentic Mameluke officer saber of...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2018, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,562
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2018, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,653
A strongly curved Flank Officer's sword
And if it was a second weapon for close combat with 2 different weapons in the both hands of the fighter ??? Not impossible but hypothesis without any conviction but .... ;-) For specific combat...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2018, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,653
A strongly curved Flank Officer's sword
Yes indeed, this type of sword is a very interesting subject and that begins, I think, to raise "attentions". But I would like to add that I also think that it is true sabers of combat, but perhaps...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2018, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,653
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2018, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,653
A strongly curved Flank Officer's sword
Many thanks RobertGuy for your pertinent comment. Yes indeed I had already hear about this explanation over a possible "fashion influence". But yet, this type of sword has been worn in battle and I...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2018, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 16,653
A strongly curved Flank Officer's sword
Hello from Belgium to all,
I am very passionate about English swords of the 18th and 19th centuries and for a long time I have been hoping to find a Flank Officer Sword with an strongly curved...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2018, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,837
Wilkinson "precursor" hanger blade ????
Hi Jim, and good morning to all members.
Thank you for your point of view. I decided to join your discussion forum because it is known on the internet that the vast majority of members are first and...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2018, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 16
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Wilkinson "precursor" hanger blade ????
Hello Norman, hello everyone,
Thank you very much for these photos and internet links. I know well this Wilkinson mark that you present to me in photos. It is indeed a marking for the blades of...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th December 2018, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,837
Hello everyone,
I'm not quite convinced yet but...
Hello everyone,
I'm not quite convinced yet but I'm a fact that you teach me interesting things ;) .
This blade guides me to the early nineteenth but, because there is a but, I will try to find if...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th December 2018, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 16
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Wilkinson "precursor" hanger blade ????
Hello Mccathain, Hello Jim, Hello to everyone and thank you for your interventions,
I knew the excellent links to which you refer me and thank you.
You will think that I am "stubborn" but I...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th December 2018, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 16
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Help to identifying a Wilkinson London blade
Hello to all members,
I am amazed by this saber "hanger" which looks like a common sword used, among other things, by the English Police, the customs, etc. around 1850. This is not the model that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2018, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,001
Mbete spear for hunting Hippo
Thank you for this very interesting and rewarding document.
It seems that the harpoons for hippopotamus fishing have been used all over Africa and it seems, have the common point of having all been...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2018, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,001
News about the spears for hunting Hippo
I'm coming back to you because I'm busy reading about the harpoons used for hippo hunting among West African Bozo (Niger, Mali) who say the harpoons have been heavily poisoned with the mix ' tantye....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd November 2018, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,001
Help in identifying for this spear
Hello Ian, hello to all members,
To see the patina and forging work of the iron tip, I will most probably say the last third of the 19th.
Can we imagine that this type of harpoon disappeared with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st November 2018, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,001
Help in identifying for this spear
Hello to all members,
Following the reflection of Colin, whom I thank, and after some research I identified this strange spear / harpoon.
This is a Mbete spearhead from the Republic of Congo in...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st November 2018, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 7,285
Misterious "British" to identifying
Good evening Jim,
It is with pleasure that I will share other best photos, as soon as I have it in hand. Indeed, I have long been attracted by British swords very and sometimes too curved without...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st November 2018, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,001
Help in identifying for this spear
Thank you Colin,
I will continue my research in this way. I was too focused by the seas of the Pacific. Thank you for this restart of my research
Kind regards
Fabrice
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