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Forum: European Armoury Yesterday, 09:19 PM
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Posted By gp
more legal download museum books: Catalogue...

more legal download museum books:

Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Forum: European Armoury 2nd October 2025, 05:45 PM
Replies: 8
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Posted By gp
although available as hard copy, the museum has...

although available as hard copy, the museum has provided a free of charge legal link on yataghans, most made in the Balkans during the Ottoman empire's presence in Europe

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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 1st October 2025, 10:02 PM
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Views: 4,434
Posted By gp
why not ?! or what 'bout his song "Life'll Kill...

why not ?! or what 'bout his song "Life'll Kill Ya" (Some get the knife, some get the gun. And some get to die )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B78arywzMdk
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 1st October 2025, 09:59 PM
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Views: 4,434
Posted By gp
to keep it goin'.... The Sensational Alex...

to keep it goin'....


The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Delilah (And I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more)...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 30th September 2025, 03:01 PM
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Views: 4,434
Posted By gp
the original by Lotte Lenya ( the spousse of Kurt...

the original by Lotte Lenya ( the spousse of Kurt Weil)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPG9GcykPIY&list=RDaPG9GcykPIY&start_radio=1


Bobby Darin...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 30th September 2025, 02:51 PM
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Views: 4,434
Posted By gp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agdoeRpTfHg ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agdoeRpTfHg



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eesqxk2bieY&list=RDEesqxk2bieY&start_radio=1
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 29th September 2025, 06:34 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,434
Posted By gp
and now something complete different...☺☻☺

Why not bring a nice tune into the forum...?
Songs with weapons in the lyrics;

Jimi Hendrix’ Machine Gun came to my mind...
Forum: European Armoury 29th September 2025, 05:17 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,426
Posted By gp
you're welcome ! in that case, I have 2 more...

you're welcome !

in that case, I have 2 more legal free downloads for you:

Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet, and Sword Feats by J. M. Waite
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th September 2025, 07:35 PM
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Views: 4,638
Posted By gp
thank you, interesting to know ! yes...

thank you, interesting to know !



yes indeed, the one and only and one of the world's best ever, together with Norway's Johann Olav Koss and our Ard Schenk from Holland :)



they look to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th September 2025, 07:21 PM
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Posted By gp
a very nice bronze sculpture of a half naked lady...

a very nice bronze sculpture of a half naked lady from the classical antiquity preparing to lash out with a dagger.

Dimensions: 20 x 6 x 6 cm
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Maker: unknown...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th September 2025, 08:14 PM
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Views: 4,638
Posted By gp
very nice , thank you ! Specially the ones with ...

very nice , thank you ! Specially the ones with tradional decorations !!!
Is the black hilt made from leather or just wood ?


But do you have a picure of Tommie Gustafson's blades? which he...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 25th September 2025, 04:20 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 33,653
Posted By gp
orientalism is not a kind of romantic reflection...

orientalism is not a kind of romantic reflection of the past, approx. a century ago, but also seems to have a little revival at the present.

Enclosed a nice painting of a young girl with dagger by...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 24th September 2025, 11:15 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 84,745
Posted By gp
seems the popularity in the USA is or was bigger...

seems the popularity in the USA is or was bigger than I would have thought:cool:

stumbled upon 2 more hussar cookie backing moulds / trays
Forum: European Armoury 24th September 2025, 09:25 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,426
Posted By gp
interesting book

"A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence Containing the Small and Back-Sword"

The book describes the use, positioning and observations of the 18th century.
Also including a discussion of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd September 2025, 01:00 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 74,990
Posted By gp
Perast has a most interesting history: ...

Perast has a most interesting history:
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st September 2025, 06:12 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 74,990
Posted By gp
Can you be more specific as to “ Italian” does...

Can you be more specific as to “ Italian” does not tell me anything….
That country started after Garibaldi:cool:


Were it the Venetians who ruled over the waves and Adria for quite some times or...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th September 2025, 08:53 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,842
Posted By gp
back on Moroccan soldiers, next to their...

back on Moroccan soldiers, next to their participation as Legionairs, hereby their other contribution as goumiers in Europe during WWII
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th September 2025, 06:11 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,842
Posted By gp
thnx for the last picture, brings back memories...

thnx for the last picture, brings back memories of Moorcock and his musical enterprises

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mtOXAIODnGc

which coindincides with Moorcock's latest book The Citadel...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th September 2025, 07:06 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,842
Posted By gp
last but not least, let's not forget our 2 most...

last but not least, let's not forget our 2 most popular Legionairs!!!!

"Tiens, voilà du boudin, voilà du boudin, voilà du boudin"
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th September 2025, 06:43 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,842
Posted By gp
you're welcome and most happy to oblige! It...

you're welcome and most happy to oblige!

It was indeed a wonderfull and interesting time, as a "teenybopper" following the song "Marrakesh Express" (by Graham Nash) and visting the places where...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th September 2025, 09:26 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,842
Posted By gp
to make it more complicated....during my 2 years...

to make it more complicated....during my 2 years stay in Morocco 1980/81, I travelled along the Atlantic coast from Tanger to Agadir ( also an Amizigh/Berber city) and noticed that all fortresses had...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th September 2025, 09:17 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,842
Posted By gp
there is more to it; the riff is actually ( a...

there is more to it; the riff is actually ( a most beautiful) mountain region which was quite independent since the Romans and prior the Kingdom, when Sultans pf several dynasties rules the Magreb,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th September 2025, 06:42 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 24,692
Posted By gp
a nice example at the MET: ...

a nice example at the MET:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24325

some more info:
https://indianfight.com/pata/
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th September 2025, 05:04 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 67,497
Posted By gp
on Swedish knives: https://themorakniv.com/ ...

on Swedish knives:
https://themorakniv.com/
mail: info@morakniv.se

and 200 years Norwegian family Strømeng:
https://samekniv.no/
mail: post@samekniv.no
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th September 2025, 04:42 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 20,842
Posted By gp
Thank you very much for addressing this issue! ...

Thank you very much for addressing this issue!
Best answers you will get directly from the source:
https://www.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/pages_dossier.php?id=72

for inquiries you can contact...
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