Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2009, 12:36 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th September 2009, 12:40 PM
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Interesting subject as always, Jim. Here's a...
Interesting subject as always, Jim. Here's a sample to get you started; not one of your dates or necessarily a running Passau Wolf but numbers, a Latin inscription and a critter nonetheless. This is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2009, 03:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2009, 03:20 PM
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Eskimo Knife "Ulu"
Eastern Arctic, Inuit: Nunavimiut, 1900-1909, Antler, metal, 5.3 x 6.4 cm (From McCord Museum).
Canadian Inuit, ("Thule"), Ulu (woman's knife), bone handle and iron blade, Strathcona Sound,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2009, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 10
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Roughly translated: "Turn side with goal posts...
Roughly translated: "Turn side with goal posts picture towards ground after reading. Holding the disc on which hand depends upon the persons comfort. Remember holding the disc level parallel to the...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th August 2009, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 35,284
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Forum: European Armoury
8th August 2009, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 35,284
Hi Jim,
While the tally stick's origins...
Hi Jim,
While the tally stick's origins reside somewhere back in the dimmer history of mankind, (the earliest surviving example about 18,000 years old), I think it helpful to consider it's uses...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th August 2009, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 33
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Hi Kids,
Reading through this thread I was...
Hi Kids,
Reading through this thread I was reminded that I have a similarly notched trigger guard. The weapon is a half-stock .54 Cal. Plains Rifle. I often wondered what their significance was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2008, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 29
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Here are two pictures of modern banana knives;...
Here are two pictures of modern banana knives; although the first pair seem another modified form of kama, the second is a dedicated banana knife. Fernando's specimen seems of a quite similar design...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2007, 07:07 AM
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Replies: 16
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Hi Jose,
No, with my admittedly limited...
Hi Jose,
No, with my admittedly limited experience I can't be absolutely, positively certain but even if it the "back" third portion were to have been sharpened in that manner sometime after it's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2007, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 9,125
Hi,
Please excuse me if I didn't explain...
Hi,
Please excuse me if I didn't explain well enough; the straight "front" edge is entirely sharpened, as is usual and the first third of the "back" (curved edge) is sharpened exactly equally.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2007, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 16
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Hi Kai,
Hope this helps, it's the best I...
Hi Kai,
Hope this helps, it's the best I could do being that it's night time here. The reverse taper is about equivalent to the front edge taper, (a little over 1/4 the blade width) and runs for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2007, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2007, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,254
Very nice. I have one of those also and...
Very nice. I have one of those also and experimented with it many years back, out of curiosity. At the time I didn't know what I had and thought it might have been a sort of token ensemble, such as...
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