Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th June 2024, 08:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th June 2024, 08:30 PM
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Not really, Qajar era (19th c) persia made some...
Not really, Qajar era (19th c) persia made some pretty poor quality stuff as well. Most of it was shoddy "revival" (of older styles) -type stuff intended for parades and just general nationalism. A...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th June 2024, 06:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2024, 08:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2023, 05:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2023, 05:38 PM
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Hi everyone, I'm one of the "forum participants...
Hi everyone, I'm one of the "forum participants who specialize in Indian arms and armors" here to give my 2 cents :). Though I do agree with the dates speculated by Turkoman, I must express my doubts...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2023, 05:05 PM
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Hi Rareis. Your tulwar is actually of a pretty...
Hi Rareis. Your tulwar is actually of a pretty rare type, dating to around the late 17th century, at least for the hilt alone. The blade is a bit more ambiguous, however given how worn it is a maybe...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th June 2023, 05:49 PM
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The fact that this piece is screwed together...
The fact that this piece is screwed together settles it for me. Real indian weapons weren't made to be disassembled like this, and certainly not with a screw thread. This object is purely decorative...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2023, 05:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2023, 02:18 PM
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Hi napoleon. To my knowledge this is merely a...
Hi napoleon. To my knowledge this is merely a decorative, scrolling motif, and not an inscription in any actual language. It certainly doesn't resemble any arabic-influenced scripts that I know of.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2023, 03:25 PM
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Rumpel, the mark on your blade is simply "po"...
Rumpel, the mark on your blade is simply "po" (पो) in punched devanagari. This likely is an abbreviation of some kind of armory or other location (like how "bikaner" is typically abbreviated to just...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2023, 03:08 PM
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Hi Richard. So, I can provide some help in...
Hi Richard. So, I can provide some help in discerning the scripts of your inscriptions, but I'm afraid I can only fully translate one of the three.
Going top-to-bottom, the first inscription you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2023, 06:48 PM
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Hi qusko,
Could you explain what you mean by...
Hi qusko,
Could you explain what you mean by "possible"? I'm not trying to be a pedant here; your own example shows that yes, it is possible.
If you mean to ask whether this blade-hilt...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th November 2022, 03:47 PM
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Hi Dralin. To me I would have to agree with the...
Hi Dralin. To me I would have to agree with the first attribution you were provided. This katar looks like it is maybe a late 18th or early 19th century reproduction of the famous "hooded katar" that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th November 2022, 07:34 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th November 2022, 01:59 AM
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While I know I've definitely heard these terms...
While I know I've definitely heard these terms before, I can't pinpoint quite where? Admittedly, my collection of "the classics" is severely lacking, but looking through the books that I do have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2022, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 30
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Oh, my bad! Somehow when I was writing my...
Oh, my bad! Somehow when I was writing my response last night the whole thing looked more yellow-ish to me. Upon revisiting it it definitely looks like steel/iron though, so that would probably make...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2022, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 30
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In an Indian context (given that this is indeed...
In an Indian context (given that this is indeed an indian sword:)), this would best be referred to as a Tegha. Based on it's size though, it would likely function similar to a cutlass, so technically...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2022, 03:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2022, 03:40 AM
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Oh my, this is quite a big topic. I certainly...
Oh my, this is quite a big topic. I certainly hope this thread doesn't spiral into too much of a heated debate, as most often happens when people bring up names and terminology here.
So, while...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2022, 08:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2022, 07:17 PM
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Hi Drabant, to me this sword is just the result...
Hi Drabant, to me this sword is just the result of a smith throwing a sword-like blade on to a hilt they happened to have lying around. The hilt is north indian, 19th century in form. Based on how...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st October 2022, 02:48 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st October 2022, 02:48 AM
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I was initially going to reply to this stating...
I was initially going to reply to this stating that I believe I have, in fact, seen 19th century zirah bouk before, however after reviewing those older examples I know of it seems as though they are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st October 2022, 02:24 AM
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Replies: 29
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Eh, I'm not convinced it's much of an issue.
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Eh, I'm not convinced it's much of an issue.
Ok, so does the definition have to remain that way? The point of the proposed dictionary is to help keep everyone up to date with the most recent...
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