Forum: Swap Forum
31st July 2011, 05:16 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
30th July 2011, 08:16 AM
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PEDANG LOMBOK FOR SALE
Hi guys,
Here is for sale a type III Pedang from Lombok with a water buffalo Makara hilt in perfect condition - Blade has a traditional shape with no pamor (Besi Melale ?) in Miring technique -...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2009, 04:18 PM
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Hello,
i suppose you mean choji hamon (i did...
Hello,
i suppose you mean choji hamon (i did not find shoji except for shoji-mei).
Some more informations:
Nakago & jiri: seems bizen type.
Sori : for a total length (tip-to-tip) of 67,5 cm.,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2009, 06:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2009, 06:42 PM
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Hi, Stefan and Thanks a lot for your care.
I...
Hi, Stefan and Thanks a lot for your care.
I find Mitsu easily , but more difficult for Kiyo with 8 ways to form the character.
The blade has a Shinogi-zukuri shape.
The temper line is very...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2009, 04:36 PM
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Wakizashi signature ...
Hello.
I bought it some years ago from a friend and it came with its Japanese sword registration card.
Hacho 55 cm
Kasane 0,67 cm
Haba 2,8 cm.
Can somebody traduce the signature on the tang...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th April 2009, 03:26 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2009, 06:18 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2009, 07:45 AM
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See also this postcard of an Ali-Baba cavern....
See also this postcard of an Ali-Baba cavern. Tunis circa 1900 with a stamp REGENCE DE TUNIS.
A lot of very good things.... saïfs, berber & kable muskets, ....and carpets of course.
The Regency of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2009, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2009, 08:51 AM
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Bonjour, Luc.
You are right. the forge is...
Bonjour, Luc.
You are right. the forge is not the same, not tribal patterns.
The forge with facets is specific and signs the membership in a tribe.
What's a pity is that i saw the sane knife...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2009, 08:41 AM
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Hello.
Morocco had from the beginning XVI °...
Hello.
Morocco had from the beginning XVI ° an army equipped with artillery and with arquebuses used against Malta in 1562 and against portuguais in 1578. The foundries of bronze artillery were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2009, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 7
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Jim,
You pointed on the right problem of...
Jim,
You pointed on the right problem of Africa. As you know, the blades are a pretext to try to understand people. I just opened the door of this vast subject which is not easy to approach.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2009, 01:36 PM
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Hello, tribalarms.
It could effectively be...
Hello, tribalarms.
It could effectively be Ngandu or Saka. As for the counterweight (iron block), i don't think that this one had one.
Anyway, i thank you for your help.
Best regards....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2009, 08:34 AM
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Hello, everybody.
Please David, would you...
Hello, everybody.
Please David, would you answer my question about the hilt and its black color.... i never saw such a coloured hilt on a Nimcha....
Jim, i would like to add some comments to my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2009, 03:27 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2009, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 13,986
hi, friends.
Thanks, David, for your answer....
hi, friends.
Thanks, David, for your answer.
Length of mine (see images 1 & 2) from guard to tip is 90cm.+/-, so it's longer, but a same blade's profile. I wonder about the black color of your...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2009, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 2
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HELP for ID this congolese knife (n°2)
Hi, there
Here is a new riddle for me ... surely not for some of you.
Overall length is 58cm. / Blade is 48 cm. / wide max. is 16 cm.
Except the edges, the iron is darkened and was beaten in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2009, 07:05 PM
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Hi, Redsabre, thanks a lot for your answer and...
Hi, Redsabre, thanks a lot for your answer and for the image you joined. What is not easy with these african guys is their free interpretation , but that is also their charm. I shall post some other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2009, 01:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2009, 12:36 PM
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Help to ID this Congolese weapon
Bonjour, friends.
A new study is on to implement my site BLADE with Couteaux du Congo Belge. Some of the blades i collected are remaining to ID, difficult for me, surely easy for some guys of you....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2009, 08:06 AM
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Bonjour, friends.
David, may i have the size...
Bonjour, friends.
David, may i have the size of the blade only, the thickness of the back and if possible a close-up of the blade showing the fuller. The shape looks very near from one of mine....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2009, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 5
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Ok for the 2nd image.
Coming from an algerian...
Ok for the 2nd image.
Coming from an algerian Mukhala type Kabyle.
Barrel is italian 1668.
Stock is later and fine silver encasing with corals is dated 1290 H, or 1873.
Is that possible for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2009, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,529
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2009, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,529
Hello, friend.
Thank you for your help.
Just...
Hello, friend.
Thank you for your help.
Just tell me please which image is concerned....
Yes, it's certainly the name of the craftman.
As for the type of characters used for this inscription,...
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