Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th November 2025, 06:01 AM
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Thats true, and flexibility is a desired aspect...
Thats true, and flexibility is a desired aspect of blades, with testing , one of the aspects is that and durability to return to shape. But I have difficulty imagining this flexing and moving enough...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th November 2025, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 27
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Well noted Ian, these 'finger ring' types of...
Well noted Ian, these 'finger ring' types of edged weapon are (according to Levine '85) dirks from Central America. Not sure of the scope of examples with this distinctive feature, but the scope of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th November 2025, 04:58 PM
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Top one is Afghan paluoar , the tulwar variant...
Top one is Afghan paluoar , the tulwar variant from those regions of what was then (19th c) known as North India frontiers (now Pakistan and Afghanistan).
Average example, not uncommon, but nice...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd November 2025, 03:49 PM
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Interesting discussion of course, and most...
Interesting discussion of course, and most familiar, all views quite valid.
While I prefer to be optimistic, obviously there is more likelihood of weapons being presented as of this kind of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2025, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 53
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This is intriguing to see this topic, though...
This is intriguing to see this topic, though typically contentious over some time in threads years ago and in debates, with such salient note.
These references noted (thank you Orang Lama) is most...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th November 2025, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 44
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Once again, to clarify, my efforts here in...
Once again, to clarify, my efforts here in posting this intriguing leather armor have been to either support the suggested Spanish/Pueblo origin of this most unusual cuirass , or to acknowledge the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th November 2025, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 63,794
Once again, to clarify, my efforts here in...
Once again, to clarify, my efforts here in posting this intriguing leather armor have been to either support the suggested Spanish/Pueblo origin of this most unusual cuirass , or to acknowledge the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th November 2025, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 27
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European influence in East Indies
I wanted to add an example of European influences, likely via forms of small sword which appear to have entered Indonesian spheres in the colonial period end of 18th c. into early 19th. with the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th November 2025, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 27
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Thanks Ian, and well noted on the political...
Thanks Ian, and well noted on the political context. The Philippines were the far reaches of the 'Spanish Main' which did not simply vanish after the so called 'golden age of piracy' in the early...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2025, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 27
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Oriental influences in New Spain
I think one of the more overlooked elements of influence in Spanish America is the profound trade networks that operated via the Philippines, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and Acapulco, San Blas and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th November 2025, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 27
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As always repurposed and ersatz alterations are...
As always repurposed and ersatz alterations are hard to peg, and often reliable provenance are the best ways to try to estimate. The hilt, and guard seem like earlier hunting hangers around mid 18th...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th November 2025, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 27
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As always repurposed and ersatz alterations are...
As always repurposed and ersatz alterations are hard to peg, and often reliable provenance are the best ways to try to estimate. The hilt, and guard seem like earlier hunting hangers around mid 18th...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th November 2025, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: European Armoury
10th November 2025, 01:06 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th November 2025, 04:41 PM
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Will, great find!!!
Wyatt was I think a New...
Will, great find!!!
Wyatt was I think a New York maker who like Potter produced swords for loyalist forces during the Revolution. As of course, America was a British colonial entity, these kinds of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2025, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 13
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Thank you for your entry Ausjulius! You are an...
Thank you for your entry Ausjulius! You are an intrepid soul to venture into this complex and perplexing subject matter. For those of here in the west, these topics are daunting with the lack of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2025, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 13,996
QALATCHOORI
I wanted to bump this thread up as it seemed incredibly to have just ended without any real input. With renewed interest in Central Asian weapons here, this conundrum seemed worth looking into...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2025, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd November 2025, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 52,678
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd November 2025, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 52,678
My apologies for not responding on this...
My apologies for not responding on this interesting suggestion. The case for the use of European blades in the edged weapons of numerous tribal peoples in Africa is well established. The use of brass...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd November 2025, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 23
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Thank you coming in Will!
I would expect that...
Thank you coming in Will!
I would expect that the abrasions on the blade derive from its original reduction and reprofiling from hanger blade to achieve the 'wedge' shape popular on Scottish dirks....
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd November 2025, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 23
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Update on research
This dirk has continued to pique my interest, and I wanted to take the opportunity to learn more on these weapons through this example, and share what I have found.
It was learned that in the...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st November 2025, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 56
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Use of the sword in WWII
Old notes, found this:
From "Charge to Glory", James Lunt, (1976) p.1:
"...the charge will always remain the thing in which it will be the cavalrymans pride to die, sword in hand". -Cavalry...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st October 2025, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 3
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This is an outstanding piece!!! and as you say,...
This is an outstanding piece!!! and as you say, little info provided, which is likely because few people have any idea of the particulars of these items. Thankfully you DO!!! and the resources you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st October 2025, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,837
Turkoman, this is a wonderful and very moving...
Turkoman, this is a wonderful and very moving post! and thrilling to see your beautiful weapon placed in such perfectly suited context, especially in an article written by Dima. His expertise in...
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