Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th May 2012, 11:04 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th May 2012, 09:02 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2012, 06:53 AM
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Glad you guys like them :)
Abdullatif that's...
Glad you guys like them :)
Abdullatif that's why I took the picture of the swords with cartouches, I was hoping someone would catch the dates ;) 1525 though strikes me as too early for such a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2012, 07:15 AM
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Glad you like the show :)
Yes many of these...
Glad you like the show :)
Yes many of these blades were indeed very beautiful wootz. It was too hard to photograph the patterns though. To its credit the display room did have an information...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 05:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 05:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 05:51 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 05:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 05:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 05:42 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 05:41 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2012, 05:36 PM
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Chowmahalla Palace Arms Collection
Hi everyone,
I had the chance to visit the Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, India today and I thought I'd share some of the pics. The palace is essentially a summer pavilion, very nicely built. It...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
27th April 2012, 06:31 AM
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Hello,
In European mediaeval illuminations...
Hello,
In European mediaeval illuminations we often find nearly identical scenes in widely different contexts and different places. Consider that at some point some depictions become iconic and...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st April 2012, 11:40 AM
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Great discussion folks, a pleasure to read, as...
Great discussion folks, a pleasure to read, as always! :)
Part of my post-secondary education was as a Specialist in Fine Art History. The program covered quite a bit, both in architecture and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2012, 07:18 AM
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Here is the old thread I spoke of, Jens'...
Here is the old thread I spoke of, Jens' Jamdhar/katar why do we call it a katar? (http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4583). I recall that the A’in-i-Akbari is actually available online...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2012, 09:32 AM
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While searching for synonyms for "knife" I also...
While searching for synonyms for "knife" I also found "chhuri" origin of the word "choora". "ch-huri" and "kutarni" both have feminine ending, while "choora" would have been masculine. This brings...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2012, 08:50 AM
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Hi Stan,
I'll throw a wrinkle at you :) . I...
Hi Stan,
I'll throw a wrinkle at you :) . I don't recall the source - it might have been in Pant, or in the old catalog about Akbar's weapons, I'm sure it's in one of the older threads here - but...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th April 2012, 07:05 AM
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Hello,
Nice to see this old German pattern...
Hello,
Nice to see this old German pattern welding. :)
Spiral, I believe Fernando explained in one of his first posts that he is using a translator to communicate. The Spanish is translated...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st March 2012, 06:31 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2012, 09:53 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2012, 09:01 AM
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Tibetan knives/swords
Hello folks,
I just got back from a quick trip to Goa, and to my surprise found a lot of Tibetan people settled there. At a few booth during the Saturday night market, I met Tibetans selling...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2012, 03:46 AM
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My pleasure Alan.
1163 in the Malayalam...
My pleasure Alan.
1163 in the Malayalam calendar seems to correspond to 1988 Gregorian :shrug:
If correct, then either the inscription is a later addition to the blade, or the whole thing is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2012, 03:07 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd February 2012, 06:50 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2012, 06:18 AM
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