Forum: European Armoury
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Hello Jim, Thanks for your reply and I see you...
Hello Jim, Thanks for your reply and I see you went straight into search mode and nailed it in regards to the Indian Scinde Cavalry link.
When looking at the 19th Century most people give up on...
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Forum: European Armoury
Today, 04:30 AM
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Hello Will... Your flat bladed Wilkinson looks...
Hello Will... Your flat bladed Wilkinson looks formidable. This blade was designed to cut.There was no fuller, pipeback or raised back blade to impede cutting. Some variation was allowed and Officers...
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Forum: European Armoury
Today, 04:07 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 02:28 AM
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It has been said that the design of the Hilt on...
It has been said that the design of the Hilt on British Army Infantry Officers originated with the Scinde Irregular Cavalry in India. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Horse_(Scinde_Horse) It...
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Forum: European Armoury
Yesterday, 02:07 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
24th October 2025, 11:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2025, 04:33 PM
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Its not a Jerz axe from Musandam . There is...
Its not a Jerz axe from Musandam . There is evidence that Musandam axes are related to Luristan axes and also from axes from the Omani Wahiba desert region....but no link is noted from other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2025, 01:07 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2025, 09:28 PM
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Hilt.
Hello , You have a nice Rhino Hilt there. The weapon is an Omani Khanjar. ...No Scabbard? Please note that on the thread Omani Khanjars; at post 221 is an example of a rhino hilt showing a picture of...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd June 2025, 01:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2025, 01:17 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th November 2024, 02:30 PM
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WOOTZ.
The excellent video mentioned several times is a great place to kick off on WOOTZ as are the many articles here on Forum and already noted. To say the least however not being a blacksmith or...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th August 2024, 03:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2024, 07:17 PM
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Arrow Heads
Good question however you may be on the money where you got the items; after all South East Asia has the biggest array of Arrow Heads outside Africa. The arrow shafts as you point out are cane/bamboo...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th May 2024, 06:07 PM
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The association of this individual with the...
The association of this individual with the fortunes and subsequent downfall of Catholics and thus the eventual outcome of The Jacobites are mysterious indeed.
Popular feeling ran very high...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th May 2024, 01:08 AM
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Your Omani Khanjar Hilt.
Look in The Omani Khanjar at Forum Library.
I think what you have there is a Cow Bone Handle . Its not Rhino nor is it Ivory and its not Giraffe ...Definitely not wood and certainly not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2024, 02:11 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2024, 10:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2024, 08:53 PM
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Tuareg Shield details.
Made from Oryx hide the Tuareg Shield is massive. It may also be steeped in superstition and it goes back thousands of years in traditional history.. Please see...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th May 2024, 08:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 02:23 AM
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The Camel Saddle; Tuareg.
It is said that the shape has some defensive reason... which I cannot quite see except it contains the Agadez cross form at the front. Did it offer some added protection in a sword fight whilst on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 02:14 AM
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Tuareg;The Language.
Here I would emphasise the idiosyncracy of the Tuareg language system and thus I direct those interested to the website which quite neatly describes in so many words the dilema that the Tuareg...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 01:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2024, 10:26 PM
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The Takouba
More Artwork to ponder...Purely by accident this item appears to have rounded tips on the scabbard on the end of what seems to be a dagger arrangement. Yet the blades are pointed? ..and I have no...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2024, 10:05 PM
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Various Takouba etc
Pictures continue...The shaped chape and tip on many weapons suggest the rounded structure and I have read that the weapon wasn't used in stabbing but was a slashing blade ...plus that the name of...
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