Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2013, 03:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2013, 03:34 PM
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Another example owned by Lew...
Another example owned by Lew (http://vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=50513&postcount=3) that he got some years ago, so maybe not a very new phenomenon.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2013, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2013, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2013, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,334
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2013, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,334
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2013, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,334
Tulwar - Faux Wootz, Koftgari
Hi everyone,
Recently I saw a number of tulwar come up on ebay that shared some similar features: false imitation wootz, and a peculiar silver koftgari ensemble on the handle.
The faux wootz is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th July 2013, 11:41 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,857
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2013, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,857
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th June 2013, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,911
Hi there and welcome to the forum,
I agree...
Hi there and welcome to the forum,
I agree this is a variation of the "wedding nimcha". I got one of the highly curved kind (see attached images from Oriental-Arms) in 2006 at just over a third of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th May 2013, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 10
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Hi Abdullatif.
Nifty piece. I agree that the...
Hi Abdullatif.
Nifty piece. I agree that the knuckle guard makes using this very awkward. Whichever way you hold it the concave part is forward and the tip would stab the wrong way in an ice-pick...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2013, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 4
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Hi Freddy,
This generally looks like a...
Hi Freddy,
This generally looks like a variant of Surmene knives. The Turkich spelling of kilic (sword) also suggests Turkey. I can't fully make out the name on the other side of the forte.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2013, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,167
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th March 2013, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 42,427
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Forum: European Armoury
18th March 2013, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 31,455
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Forum: European Armoury
7th February 2013, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 13,325
Hello,
Nifty tool.
Fernando K, the...
Hello,
Nifty tool.
Fernando K, the knife would be held the reverse way, the metal support resting on the top of the arm, not the bottom, and with the edge of the blade is on the concave side. ...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2013, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 21
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Yup it's fourbisseur, with what looks like the...
Yup it's fourbisseur, with what looks like the old spelling "fourbyseur" though.
My mind went ahead of me, I was sure I saw "fournisseur" with an old style "S".
So Lepelon placed the order for...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2013, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 22,352
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2013, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 22,352
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th January 2013, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 35,730
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2013, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 35,730
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2013, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 35,730
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2013, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 35,730
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2013, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 35,730
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2013, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 35,730
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