Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2011, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 19
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Chris,
Yours are very intriguing and tough...
Chris,
Yours are very intriguing and tough questions. I'm sure Iain and others have a greater depth of knowledge, but I'll try to draw from my limited perspective.
I think we haave to conside...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th April 2011, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 19
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Iain,
I don't think I've inspected any...
Iain,
I don't think I've inspected any Kaskara known to have been made before the Mahdiya. My guess it that before the British ended the Khalifa's reign in 1899 most blades were either imported as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2011, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 3
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Michael,
Interesting post. We often view...
Michael,
Interesting post. We often view antique hand weapons from a romantic view and as works of industrial or ethnic art. However, their application in their untimate intended uses was to lop...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2011, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,381
Chris,
I think the tassel is stylistically...
Chris,
I think the tassel is stylistically of the Hadendawa. However, I can't say that they were made exclusively in Kassala. Could have originated in other sword making areas of Eastern Sudan,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th April 2011, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th April 2011, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,381
Mefidk,
Very nice sword. I can't add more...
Mefidk,
Very nice sword. I can't add more about the blade. However, due to the "tassel" and general (excellent) decoration on the handle, I'd place it from Kassala. Could very well be in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2011, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 7
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Some Sudanese Arm Daggers
Very nice arm dagger. I agree with its "organic" qualities. I haven't participated in the Forum for a while, and it lured by back. Its interesting the similarities, yet definite stylistic differences...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th January 2011, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 28,774
Attached is a photo of a sword stylistically...
Attached is a photo of a sword stylistically similiar, but not of the quality of Daves. I believe the blade is European due to the makes mark barely ledgable. I have a photo of another example given...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2010, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 4
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Hi Jambu,
Thanks for the update on the...
Hi Jambu,
Thanks for the update on the cultural currency of stick use. Seems like everyone carries one. Also, you collection looks top notch. Perhaps when you get back home you could share some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2010, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,639
Sudanese Fighting Sticks
Most rural Sudanese (at least in the mid-1980s) carry curved hardwood sticks to aid in herding, as a self-defence device, something to lean on while resting or to hold up a cloth to protect one from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th December 2010, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,807
More Beja Knives
This is somewhat of an addendum to Lew's post/thread of April 2009.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=9991
I'd like to share some of my items as well.
Photo 745 & 746 are the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2010, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,983
I think I recall a reference to a small sword...
I think I recall a reference to a small sword made for the Kalifa's son during the Sudanese Mahdiya. There was an arsenal in Omdurman. Just finished reading again Theobald's "The Mahdiya". But more...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2010, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 24,103
Ausjulius,
Thank you so much for adding your...
Ausjulius,
Thank you so much for adding your knowledge and insight to this subject. Also, the links to Russian forums and those great images puts these knives in a fuller perspective.
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th November 2010, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 78,824
Hi Vandoo,
That's a fine Kaskara. I have...
Hi Vandoo,
That's a fine Kaskara. I have photographs of three swords in Shengiti Collection at the Univ. of Khartoum that have identical haft designs with the four diamonds. Field notes say they...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th November 2010, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,892
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2010, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,892
Sudan Sword (Kaskara) and Knife Paper
The forum file below contains an anthropological paper I wrote in 1984 about the Sword and Knife Market in Kassala, Sudan. The market really resonated with me as a place where people were actively...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2010, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 78,824
Hi Iain,
I'm not familiar with the Soligen...
Hi Iain,
I'm not familiar with the Soligen marks or takoubas except those posted on EAA. But in my opinion they are stylistically superior to the kaskara.
No doubt trans-saharra (sic) trade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2010, 03:18 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 78,824
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2010, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 78,824
Hi Iain,
Islam didn't get a good foothold in...
Hi Iain,
Islam didn't get a good foothold in Sudan until the 14-15 Century. Also, Popular Islam as practiced by most folks in the countryside retained a lot of pre-Islamic elements and also tended...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2010, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 78,824
Iain,
I spent a week at the Kassala, Sudan...
Iain,
I spent a week at the Kassala, Sudan blacksmith market in 1984 and did socio-economic research with the sword and knife makers there. Learned about the manufacturing processes as well as...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2010, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 24,103
Russian Prison Knives
Around 2000 I came across some knives in South Russia that may be of interest to the Forum members. These things are apparently all kinds of illegal. In Russia they are classified as Cold Weapons...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2010, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 78,824
This is my first post so kindly forgive any...
This is my first post so kindly forgive any errors.
The stamp blade mark in an 8/9/09 exchange between Rick and Wodimi (Wolf) is the Fly or duran . It’s a bit of symbolic magic so the user can...
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