Forum: European Armoury
5th July 2016, 02:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
21st June 2016, 01:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th June 2016, 01:50 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
30th May 2016, 02:29 PM
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This is covered to some degree in:
Tylecote,...
This is covered to some degree in:
Tylecote, R.F. and Gilmour, B.J.J., B.A.R.British Series 155: The Metallography of Early Ferrous Edge Tools and Edged Weapons (Oxford: B.A.R., 1986).
A relevant...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th May 2016, 04:11 PM
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and that leads to some links...
Roland & Norman, thank you both; I am sure that the Hurstwic group will find most of their answers within the information provided and I have found it most interesting as well. Apparently this has...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th May 2016, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 5
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Viking Age Sax Size Range
This summer the Hurstwic (http://www.hurstwic.com/http://) Viking Martial Arts group will again travel to Iceland in order to film their second DVD based upon the Icelandic sagas at the actual...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
16th May 2016, 01:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
15th May 2016, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 150
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This article...
This article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/obama-administration-trea_b_4848867.html) covers some of the implications. I expect that these regulations will ultimately face court challenge...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
15th May 2016, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 150
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Bureaucratic hysteria
Senseless, gratuitous vandalism that will save no animals but which does stand as a monument to arrogant, incompetent, lazy regulation and lawmaking done from a 'politically correct' mindset.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2016, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 16
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My own impressions...
A most interesting thread indeed!
Modern bladesmiths do produce some fantastic work, very often surpassing antiques in terms of functional capability as well as fit and finish. I surely like...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2016, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 8
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Watermarked Pictures
It is always a judgement call for a moderator when 'watermarked' pictures appear in a discussion forum. A buyer posting the seller's archive pictures in investigating a new acquisition is usually not...
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Forum: Swap Forum
8th April 2016, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 9
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Another cut out the middleman sale!
Just a 'heads up' that another 'cut out the middleman sale' has commenced with fresh lowest-yet price reductions on the remaining items in Lew's collection.
The items may be viewed in the usual...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th March 2016, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: European Armoury
29th March 2016, 01:15 AM
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Replies: 17
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Here is an old thread...
Here is an old thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13234) with another of these early 17th century Norwegian axes that has a helical bronze band.
One thing interesting about...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
24th March 2016, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 3
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This series is a few episodes into its second...
This series is a few episodes into its second season in the US market. I tend to feel sorry for the contestants each week as they are almost always required to make a blade from 'mystery' steel in a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2016, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 7
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A Few Hundred Eyes are Better than Two
If any member actually encounters any page that is part of this site with suspicious material, please report it here. This site is maintained on a 'shared' server and that may sometimes result in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th February 2016, 03:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
13th February 2016, 12:54 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th February 2016, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,380
Sorry to advise that I see no relevant...
Sorry to advise that I see no relevant illustrations on either the preceding or following pages or in the index of illustrations for sales around that period.
I have the physical book as it came...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th February 2016, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th February 2016, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,004
The knife / spear with hollow handle and open...
The knife / spear with hollow handle and open sheath is Philippine Igorot (mountain people); more to be found here (http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/ifugao/index.html)
The other dagger seems...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd February 2016, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 14
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Verdict: I don't know
First, dralin23, your skepticism is justified. Only very rarely can I either denounce or confirm authenticity from pictures, and this is not one of those rare obvious exceptions. If this is a...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th January 2016, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 23
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Precisely
I think these are the identical blade marks; unfortunately depth of field issues prevent my close-up photo from properly showing the top of the shield in the star over W mark, but it is pretty clear...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th January 2016, 01:24 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2016, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 23
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A correction and some additional information
I got confused with what my friend had told me; there is a Civil War sword descended in the family, but the naval officer apparently served in the Spanish American War time frame. I will get further...
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