Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: European Armoury
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With this particular hilt style, which indeed...
With this particular hilt style, which indeed seems in accord with Napoleonic French baroque styling so favored by the Mexican government in military fashion, it is tempting to presume these two...
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Forum: European Armoury
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Well that makes sense Yuri.......while the...
Well that makes sense Yuri.......while the Russian rule was nominal, and though Ushakov was Russian, this sword was of course Septisi.
Actually thats a relief, as references on Russian swords are...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2025, 08:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2025, 06:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2025, 06:26 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2025, 06:21 PM
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Yuri! THIS is REALLY esoteric!
I honestly had...
Yuri! THIS is REALLY esoteric!
I honestly had never heard of these situations amidst the incredible complexity of those regions, but with your location and history in the Black Sea areas it is...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2025, 05:58 PM
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Good questions Tim. You are incredibly...
Good questions Tim. You are incredibly experienced and knowledgeable in arms study and collecting as well known here for many years. Its funny, I went from collecting British cavalry swords for many...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2025, 05:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2025, 04:34 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2025, 10:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2025, 05:46 PM
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This is a truly interesting topic, as clearly...
This is a truly interesting topic, as clearly evidenced by the over 2100 views in just 4 days on this thread. While what you note is important, that weapons are acquired and researched, often the key...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2025, 04:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2025, 03:05 PM
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Entry by Sirupate 9Jan2016
From Swordsman in the British Empire
1.Maj. Waller Ashe (King’s Dragoon Guards) observed that most sowars or Indian cavalrymen were “far better swordsmen than our own troopers, whose cumbersome...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th September 2025, 06:04 PM
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Ed, this is astounding, and like me, so many...
Ed, this is astounding, and like me, so many weapons have remained quietly in solitude without attention for years, then brought out. Seeing them through new far more educated eyes, and into...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th September 2025, 03:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2025, 12:07 AM
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Yuri, you are amazing!!! Thank you so much. ...
Yuri, you are amazing!!! Thank you so much.
You're right, how can we know what these sabers are called when it is not even clear what these tribes were called!
It was the Manding empire? kingdom?...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2025, 03:20 AM
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The mysterious Mandinka saber
The Mali Empire began in Manding province in about the 13th century. The history of these regions in the Sahara are complex, and not necessarily relevant to my questions.
Just when did the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2025, 02:49 AM
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Caveat Emptor
Turkoman, very well said, and I totally agree. As you note, material which presents all the details and criteria and systematically explains the process of researching and moving toward a plausible...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd September 2025, 12:49 AM
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This thing far exceeds a dagger, its heavy and...
This thing far exceeds a dagger, its heavy and huge, definitely a horsemans weapon in form.
The markings on the blade are of course the cypher of CARL THEODORE IV , Prince Elector of the Palatine...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd September 2025, 12:31 AM
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This is remarkable! :)
Sooner or later the...
This is remarkable! :)
Sooner or later the facts behind these old swords come to light.
So the flaming T has nothing to do with Toledo, and it has seemed known that these 'bilbos' were from Basque...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd September 2025, 01:07 AM
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This is amazing! but I am puzzled.
If I...
This is amazing! but I am puzzled.
If I understand the AYZAVILLA with the flaming T is from the new factory at Toledo from 1761+ ??
However, the same T marking occurs on the M1728 swords from...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st September 2025, 07:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2025, 01:39 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
20th September 2025, 10:28 PM
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Treasure
This is an outstanding hirschfanger, as noted clearly using the repurposed blade of a very old 'sword of justice' which served as a bearing sword in many of the principalities of the Germanic states....
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