Forum: Swap Forum
23rd June 2025, 07:19 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
22nd June 2025, 10:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th May 2025, 09:37 PM
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Koummyas
After the recent long thread about these I just wanted to share. I just recently moved them all to the same wall. Hopefully I can get the photos to upload.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2025, 11:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2025, 12:23 AM
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Views: 7,286
Ian, I'm glad you're still around!
I do...
Ian, I'm glad you're still around!
I do believe the one dha still in my collection was thanks to your guidance!
Yes, there was some major drama with his girlfriend Elise. That settled down...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th April 2025, 12:10 PM
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Thanks Jim,
He and I lived fairly close by...
Thanks Jim,
He and I lived fairly close by and became very good friends over the years. Unfortunately over the last four or five years of his life I don't think I visited more than once but we...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th April 2025, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 5
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Hello Old Friends
It's been quite awhile but I've been wiping the dust off my collection and venturing back into the strange new world known as eBay that only vaguely resembles the site I used to frequent.
Does...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2009, 11:57 AM
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I have seen a few Japanese swords there.If that...
I have seen a few Japanese swords there.If that is what your friend is interested in it might not be a bad idea for him to check it out.But as far as the Ethnographic stuff goes I think Ive seen a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2009, 11:57 PM
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I live in Tampa,never heard of an 'Arms...
I live in Tampa,never heard of an 'Arms Exhibition' here locally.Ive been (many times) to the Suncoast Gunshow that Rick posted the link too though,LOTS of guns there but very few edged weapons,and...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th September 2008, 07:32 PM
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Hopefully these pics are a little more clear.
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Hopefully these pics are a little more clear.
Any comments on this piece are welcomed,dont really know much about it.The hilt is horn and the fittings are all silver.The back side of the ferrule...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th September 2008, 01:56 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2007, 11:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2007, 12:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2007, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 5
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Takouba question
I just received this takouba from ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270184753079&ssPageName=STRK
I was kind of dissapointed to find that the edge is blunt, doesnt...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2007, 12:59 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2007, 01:39 AM
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Go figure, you eliminate all the guns and...
Go figure, you eliminate all the guns and stabbings go up, I wonder if there will be a rise in poisonings once the swords get banned?
This type of thing makes me appreciate living in a nation...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2007, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 10
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My first thought was that the blade looks just...
My first thought was that the blade looks just like a fillet knife,but with the way the handle/tang is constructed I'm not sure that is the case.
The brass work that the sheath hangs from seems...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th March 2007, 01:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2007, 11:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2006, 01:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2006, 12:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2006, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,382
Katana: zinc is a lot harder than aluminum,and...
Katana: zinc is a lot harder than aluminum,and corrodes much more easily.At first glance they may appear similar,especially if they are covered in oxidation but if you were to compare a piece of each...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd October 2006, 04:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th October 2006, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 23
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This is only my opinion, but I find it hard to...
This is only my opinion, but I find it hard to believe that in our sophisticated modern age,there were ancient bronze casting techniques that cant be replicated now.Not only have we made massive...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th September 2006, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,195
Two Luzon pieces for ID
I did quite a bit of searching through the forum but couldnt find anything that closely resembled either of these.Anyone know what these are called/who used them?
The larger one is huge...
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