Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2021, 04:00 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2021, 09:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th October 2021, 01:31 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th October 2021, 01:01 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2021, 03:26 PM
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Extremely nice wootz pattern! Excellent job. ...
Extremely nice wootz pattern! Excellent job.
Wish I could do half as well:- (((((
As to the name ( kard, karud, pesh kabz), it depends exclusively on the form of the blade, not on the materiel...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2021, 06:19 AM
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These are classical Indo-Persian Pesh Kabz:...
These are classical Indo-Persian Pesh Kabz: recurved blades. What is popularly ( if incorrectly) called "karud" is just Pesh Kabz with straight blade. Those were widespread in Central Asia:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2021, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 58,759
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2021, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 39
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Many of us switch areas of interest.
Most of...
Many of us switch areas of interest.
Most of the “more or less serious ones” dig deeper into cultural and societal issues, but the majority cannot go and live among the natives. Most in general...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2021, 02:49 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2021, 07:12 PM
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All I can say about them:
1. Both are Yemeni...
All I can say about them:
1. Both are Yemeni Janbiyas
2. Both have real blades, not modern Chinese fakes with stamped seml- blades welded to each other at the periphery and hollow inside. Proof:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2021, 03:29 PM
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Views: 58,759
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2021, 10:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2021, 05:07 PM
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Alan,
I went to the Wiki to search ( not...
Alan,
I went to the Wiki to search ( not re-search :-), because I am not a physicist and understand nothing about mathematics and quantum theory) the particulars of Einstein- Bohr debate. It lasted...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2021, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 39
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Alan,
Glad we finally came to full...
Alan,
Glad we finally came to full understanding.
My French sucks. But English, in its meticulously- precise way, gives “ re” an interesting twist. Linguistically it is likely incorrect, but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2021, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 58,759
Alan,
But of course! I thought I was pretty...
Alan,
But of course! I thought I was pretty clear on it. 95% of all posts have nothing to do with real research: they are just a way to get straightforward information, to learn.
Re-search is "...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2021, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 58,759
Alan,
Sorry if i did not respond t your...
Alan,
Sorry if i did not respond t your earlier quesion. I kind of missed it within you message.
Your current one is clearly well demarcated and stated. So, here is my my response:
Our posts...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2021, 08:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2021, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 58,759
Alan and Fernando,
Perhaps I did not myself...
Alan and Fernando,
Perhaps I did not myself clear enough.
I presented general “ academic “ rules of scientific research. And by “academic”
I did not mean that the research should be conducted...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd September 2021, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 39
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd September 2021, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 58,759
Completely agree.
There are areas where...
Completely agree.
There are areas where research is straightforward and fully dependable on experimentally- provable data : " let's remove X and see what happens"
Study of weapons cannot employ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2021, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 112,484
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2021, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 58,759
The value of portraits and photos is...
The value of portraits and photos is unquestionable, although some questions will always be present. But they are only a part of a research process. Having agreed on that point we can move further....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2021, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 58,759
You are absolutely correct: circumstances...
You are absolutely correct: circumstances determine a lot. Although, despite wearing authentic clothes from a bygone era, 99.99% of your time you were not wearing them, you kinda pretended. Your...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2021, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 58,759
Academic research: musings
Just a general questions related to all of us, but vaguely inspired by the plans to collect photos of Indian warriors armed with khanjarlis.
All scientific investigations are hypothesis driven....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2021, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 69,187
Just to make your life easier:
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Just to make your life easier:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/fees/country-acronyms.html
Also pay attention that all abbreviations contain at...
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