Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2010, 07:26 PM
|
|
Replies: 56
Views: 77,041
According to this Study...
According to this Study (http://www.zum.de/whkmla/sp/1011/pope/sje2.html), to smelt metal on the altiplano, the Spanish had to adopt an indigenous method of channeling the wind into the furnace,...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2010, 02:01 AM
|
|
Replies: 56
Views: 77,041
hi Billman,
Good to see this again. It's...
hi Billman,
Good to see this again. It's more detail than I noted back in entry #13 or so.
Since we're updating this thread, I think I've got an answer for why the Andeans never got to iron...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2010, 11:21 PM
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 12,514
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th November 2010, 08:02 PM
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 15,308
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th November 2010, 05:32 PM
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 15,308
Hi Lew,
Wasn't there a thread back in the...
Hi Lew,
Wasn't there a thread back in the mists that talked about old African weapons being thick and fully functional?
To me, that handle looks African, but who knows? We're in a global...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2010, 06:59 PM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 39,092
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2010, 05:01 AM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 39,092
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2010, 02:12 AM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 39,092
Hi Vandoo,
I'll direct your attention to The...
Hi Vandoo,
I'll direct your attention to The Iga Ninja Museum (http://iganinja.jp/en/), which, so far as I can determine, is genuine. It's an old ninja safe-house, retrofitted as a museum.
...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th November 2010, 07:04 PM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 39,092
Thanks Marc,
Actually, I found one aside...
Thanks Marc,
Actually, I found one aside that suggested that Stephen Hayes invented the straight-bladed ninja-to. That's an interesting suggestion to follow up on.
But no, my question isn't...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th November 2010, 01:17 AM
|
|
Replies: 41
Views: 42,716
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th November 2010, 05:40 AM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 39,092
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th November 2010, 07:27 PM
|
|
Replies: 41
Views: 42,716
I concur that it's not an athame.
Athames in...
I concur that it's not an athame.
Athames in the Wiccan sense post-date Gerald Gardner and WWII (although in theory, there should be some older ones somewhere). Additionally, they are more...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2010, 08:07 PM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 39,092
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2010, 07:59 PM
|
|
Replies: 48
Views: 62,510
Hi Billman,
I'd disagree about hedges being...
Hi Billman,
I'd disagree about hedges being an 18th century invention. According to the British historical ecologists I've read, hedges are much older (cf: books by Arthur Rackham).
But let's...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2010, 03:44 PM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 39,092
Hi Rich,
That much I know, and I'm not...
Hi Rich,
That much I know, and I'm not arguing that the ninja-to is a genuine historical design, used by real ninja.
As for the tengu sword, it's weird enough that I figured I would ask. It's...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th November 2010, 06:08 AM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 39,092
Real "ninja" sword, or modern invention?
Hi All,
Found another weird sword, and I'm wondering how real it is.
The sword I'm posting below is claimed to be a special "ninja" weapon invented by the Saito family in Medieval Japan, and...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2010, 03:08 PM
|
|
Replies: 48
Views: 62,510
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2010, 07:45 PM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 7,852
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2010, 06:23 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 13,644
I've also used the extendable poster tubes that...
I've also used the extendable poster tubes that you can get in an art store, at least for a slender straight sword like a jian. You can put foam or padding inside to cushion the sword so it doesn't...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2010, 03:42 PM
|
|
Replies: 22
Views: 14,094
I'd also add in the CITES argument to this mix...
I'd also add in the CITES argument to this mix (link to CITES thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=6786)).
This is an added layer of complexity. Many weapons have ivory, tiger...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th October 2010, 08:42 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 9,964
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
2nd October 2010, 06:10 PM
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 38,657
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2010, 11:41 PM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 17,971
Perhaps the gnomon (pointer) on some sort of...
Perhaps the gnomon (pointer) on some sort of ornate sundial? One thing that bothers me about this theory is that hole in the fin. What is it there for? and it's quite short, which makes me twitchy...
|
|
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2010, 07:00 PM
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 14,657
|
|
Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2010, 05:53 PM
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 17,971
|
