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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2025, 01:30 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2025, 03:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2025, 01:49 PM
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Hi Jeff,
When I first looked at your...
Hi Jeff,
When I first looked at your pictures a Philippines Luzon origin comes to my mind, this also would explain the engravings on the blade. Are the handle mounts from iron? Is the tang peened...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2025, 09:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2025, 11:53 AM
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Hello Rob,
Thank you for clarification! :)...
Hello Rob,
Thank you for clarification! :) For me is a wedung a special knife from Java. It could be that wedung and tiuk pegentas have a similar source and have a similar blade shape but they are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 07:54 PM
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Hi Ian,
Thank you for your comment! :) And...
Hi Ian,
Thank you for your comment! :) And yes, I agree that the depression on the spine behind the handle is most probably for resting the thumb there. And I also agree that the upturned scabbard...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 07:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 02:34 PM
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Thank you for your thoughts Jeff! :)
I have...
Thank you for your thoughts Jeff! :)
I have the hope that someone can recognize the handle form, I am pretty sure that I have seen this form before but can't remember where and when! :rolleyes:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 02:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 02:18 PM
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Hello Rob,
I've seen several knives,...
Hello Rob,
I've seen several knives, "bolos", working knives from Bali/Lombok, some we have discussed before here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16537&highlight=wedung+bali
But...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 11:11 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 10:49 AM
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I also can't help with the origin and I don't...
I also can't help with the origin and I don't want to guess. I added from my collection some arrow tips from Banda Neira, Moluccas and three arrows from the Philippines, unknown ethnic for...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st March 2025, 04:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2025, 11:58 AM
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Looks to my eyes like it has a good age, an...
Looks to my eyes like it has a good age, an utility blade doesn't need a good surface finish, I could show several really old blades with a rough surface finish.
The engravings seem to have remnants...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2025, 06:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2025, 12:26 PM
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