Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
24th March 2017, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 20,219
A further thought
A noted antique arms dealer once told me that he was considering offering a collection dispersal service oriented around publishing a very high quality catalogue of a collection that would serve not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2017, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,598
But beware: 465 mb!
Mr. Elvis has most generously made the PowerPoint file of his presentation "COLLECTING ARMS AND ARMOR OF THE SOUTH INDIAN WARRIOR" available for your review!
It is a large file - 465 mb - so...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st March 2017, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 20,219
Some Harsh Realities
The happiest situation, of course, is when the collector has deserving and interested relatives and or friends who would appreciate and maintain the collection, but I fear this is not a common...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2017, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 30,992
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2017, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 38,778
Sad news
Barry has been a mainstay of this community since its inception and he and his extensive freely shared knowledge will be greatly missed.
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
16th March 2017, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 13,235
Silly Season
I think the problems start with those animal rights pressure groups lobbying from the wrong-headed thinking that ivory, etc. must be made despicable and stigmatized to destroy all demand. This is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th March 2017, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,598
I do not believe I have ever attained...
I do not believe I have ever attained reservations at the seminar hotel; fortunately they have built a lot of new rooms in the area over the past decade and something can usually be found relatively...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2017, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,376
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2017, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,598
Counting Down!
The Timonium Seminar is now less than a month away!
Please register as soon as you know that you will be attending! Further information is located on the Seminar Web Page...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd February 2017, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,932
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2017, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,666
Well, good for him...
The most frightening thing of all is that the seller's recent message may well be entirely truthful in the detail about an auction house expert buying the sword.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2016, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,821
Sorry
It will be a bit longer before I find those detailed instructions.
The second motherboard of the machine I have been using for years gave out last year and I switched to another old machine I had...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2016, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,384
Musings
The statement at the bottom of every page is there for two reasons:
First, to acknowledge the current state of copyright law in much of the world that even without a proper notice something is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2016, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,821
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th November 2016, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 25,831
How old can these sheet metal blades be?
A most interesting discussion!
In cataloging Lew's collection I have come across a number of jambiyas that I suspect have these blades that are made from two stamped pieces of sheet metal fused...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2016, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,598
Registration Opens Soon
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Registration
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Roy Elvis : COLLECTING ARMS AND ARMOR OF THE SOUTH INDIAN WARRIOR
Mr Elvis, from the United Kingdom, is a collector and expert on South Indian Arms and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2016, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 76,475
A preliminary view - recommended
I have only had the book for a few days, but I am most pleased to have added it to my library. I already had a number of books on Indian arms, but so very often they remain very general in their...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2016, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,151
Mounts are modern silver and leather work from...
Mounts are modern silver and leather work from Agadez, Niger.
Older European made trade blade with sun, moon and stars engraving.
(Usually these fancy high end mounts have been applied to decent...
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Forum: Swap Forum
27th September 2016, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,178
Ok, a little more like late September...
The first group of ethnographic arms from the second phase of the Lew Waldman estate sale may now be seen on the preview page (http://vikingsword.com/lew/) and includes a few choice African,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2016, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,598
2017 Timonium Ethnographic Arms & Armor Seminar
Continuing under the sponsorship of Oriental Arms,
the Timonium Ethnographic Arms & Armor Seminar will return in 2017
on the Saturday evening of the Baltimore Antique Arms show!
This year's...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th September 2016, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,742
Concerns for me...
3. Very uniform, shallow pitting across all components.
2. Style of blade.
1. The realization that period claymores are extremely rare such that the odds are very much stacked against antiquity for...
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Forum: Swap Forum
24th August 2016, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,178
Phase 2
Lew's arms, armor and related cultures library is now up for sale; you may find a listing on the Estate sale website (http://vikingsword.com/lew/#anchor281040). These books appear to have been...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st July 2016, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,964
Most interesting
Description from Thomas Del Mar sale (9 Dec 2009):[/I]
Not described as 'composite' in the 1983 catalog or in the Sword - Form and Thought catalog where it is #18 and passes Peter Johnsson's...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st July 2016, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,964
The mystery continues
Well, clearly the same sword. I did not see it pictured in the Christie's London 1984 catalogs upon quick perusal. Sword in Hand was a nicely cleaned up version of a series of articles in The Gun...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2016, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 39,606
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