Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd February 2008, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 42
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Congratulations
Hello Tatyana!
Sorry to be late on this amazing piece with m congratulations. I think I remember that ebay listing as well (and before christmas I'm always tight on budget :( ).
I'd like to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th October 2007, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,408
Hi Fernando.
Sorry if I caused some confusion...
Hi Fernando.
Sorry if I caused some confusion here - the "sirupate" reffered to my bone handled piece. Sirupate are defined by a very slender blade profile where it
is hard to tell the "widest"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2007, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,408
Hi Fernando
dating Kukri is a tricky thing, as...
Hi Fernando
dating Kukri is a tricky thing, as not many written accounts nor research does exist today. So what researchers do is they look for pieces with a provenance and take a note of all their...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd October 2007, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,248
strange beast
Hello Ariel,
Thank you very much for the close up - that is a strange beast. Actually I was suspecting something like what I tried to describe with the red lines in the attached picture.
As this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2007, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,248
reworked kora ?
Very interesting beast ...
might I ask for a close up picture of the tip ? Just to "exclude" that we are looking at a kora with a down-grinded and then reworked and again heat treated tip.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2006, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,125
what a fine example
Hi Rick.
Thanks a lot for posting this - these marks are a wonderful hybrid. One of my thoughts was that the eyelids (eyelashes) were somehow related to
the halfmoon (kauri) like maks one finds...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2006, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,125
Eye leash decoration
Hi Jens!
I'm not sure on the "european eyelash" mark but I "guess" - and that is really what I'm doing - that this
symbol / decoration was used in a hinduistic context as well.
Please find...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2006, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 26,951
Arms and Armor from Iran - a first impression
Dear fellow Enthusiasts!
I also received the book and worked through parts of it - it's a huge ammount of info and I'm quite busy at the moment.
First in regards to the binding:
Mine is still...
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