Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2019, 02:55 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
20th June 2019, 04:22 PM
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Perhaps mostly for balance?
Though the hammer head is small (2.26 x 2.79 cm. in maximum cross section), I imagine that it does move the center of gravity further back towards the haft (see photo below) and that the presence of...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th June 2019, 03:57 AM
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Thank you, Gentlemen.
BUCC_Guy, I think your...
Thank you, Gentlemen.
BUCC_Guy, I think your illustration is surely of the same type of object, but of a clearly higher quality with the maker's mark and cut-out. I could not identify any markings...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th June 2019, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 32
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Just an aside, I bought a similar box devoid of...
Just an aside, I bought a similar box devoid of the sword several years ago at the Brimfield flea market for $100. I attribute that box as Syrian and not more than a few decades old. The dealer said...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th June 2019, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 7
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Excavated Battleaxe with Integral Langets
I believe that this was made as a battleaxe on the basis that the blade seems too thin for a wood working tool (2.9 mm at 1 cm from edge, 3.95 mm where 'beard' of blade expands and 11.6 mm at neck...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th June 2019, 05:25 PM
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Tours are Available
I was doing some locums work in Newburgh in the last decade and one day, when I was up in the office of the occupational health nurse, I could see the remains of Bannerman's castle out the window in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st May 2019, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 6
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Photos will be essential to judge where the...
Photos will be essential to judge where the spears are from and if they are 'authentic' or 'made for the traveler.'
You may find examples of some variations of African spears in the forums or in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th May 2019, 03:50 PM
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New Guinea axe
I am once again back from the Brimfield flea market - a lot of slogging through mud this year - again with something that caught my eye in the stall of a dealer who usually has something of interest...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2019, 08:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2019, 08:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th April 2019, 06:20 PM
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Bamboo / Rattan / Utility Knife from SE Asia?
Findings of interesting ethnographic artifacts at the local gun show continue to diminish and I am sad to report that almost all that I did see was third rate and once aimed at the tourist.
But...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th February 2019, 03:24 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd February 2019, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 10
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Strongly recommended
Please note that Dr. Moilanen's thesis is available as a free pdf download (http://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/119919) from the university where he received his degree. Strongly recommended!
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2019, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 14
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or perhaps even more relevant might be how many...
or perhaps even more relevant might be how many mahouts lost feet or legs. I have never seen this work from this angle, but from the level above the elephant's mahout was most prominently scrambling...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2019, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2019, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th December 2018, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 6
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Nice!
Very, very nice and also a good selection of styles. I continue to hope that someday someone will work out the chronology and geography of the different styles. I have long suspected that some are...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th December 2018, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: European Armoury
18th December 2018, 05:21 PM
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Views: 10,010
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Forum: European Armoury
14th December 2018, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,010
Blucher Sabre?
Images received from a non-registered reader. More images on their way...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2018, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 8
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Natural Form
Thank you for pointing this out; upon close examination of this shaft I can see that you are correct and that this is a natural formation. :o Interestingly, I realized that I had two budiaks with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st December 2018, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 8
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Decorative of functional?
From an old thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12397) here is another 'carved' treatment of a budiak pole. Possibly it simulates bamboo, but functionally it might have assisted in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2018, 03:42 PM
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Guilty Pleasure (formerly)
Not at all.
I watched FiF loyally for several seasons, though I privately called it the 'Bladesmiths' Sadomasochism Hour' to my closest acquaintances. I would regularly wonder from where they...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2018, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: European Armoury
21st November 2018, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 13
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For more information and images...
Tomáš Vlasatý has also prepared an article on this sword which may be found at:
http://sagy.vikingove.cz/kuronsky-mec-ze-soukrome-sbirky/
It will be necessary to click the 'translate' button...
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