Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2018, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 43
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Engraved inscription???
Hi Kubur,
your assumption is correct: it is a wooden scabbard with brass sheat.
I conclude that you stick to your earlier statement, that "it is a Syrian Magdali or Majdali, probably 1930-40,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2018, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 59,865
Exciting exchange
Dear Gentlemen,
since my dagger has not the slightest traces of use, I finally follow the conclusion that it is a late 20th c. or Early 21st c. piece made exclusively for the souvenir market.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2018, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,266
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st December 2018, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 7
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Found a very similar matchlock!
Hi Stu,
nice collection!
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=232581
"On the one hand we see a gun often encountered in South India with rattan bindings that are also abundant...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th December 2018, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 59,865
Another Damascus type???
At first, I thought it would be a typical tourist dagger...
But now I think it might be an original?
From the pics above I would say that it fits to the Damaskus style, see the three stars on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th December 2018, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 7
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Indian Toradar or Afghani???
Hi Stu,
Thx a lot for your sharp observations and conclusions. Any guess how old it could be?
By now, I brought it to a skilled carpenter for restoration.
It is interesting, many discussions...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2018, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,266
Old Indian Toradar/Identification???
Dear all,
Eventually I joined this exciting forum in order to learn more about my exemplar, after I found here some very interesting threads with respect to old matchlocks.
I acquired a very...
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