Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2014, 04:47 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd August 2014, 05:59 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st August 2014, 04:52 PM
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If I could see the entire process I could tell...
If I could see the entire process I could tell rather closely what is likely to be occurring with the metals. Analysis of the slags and each material along the way would confirm.
The issues with...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
31st July 2014, 10:44 PM
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I like the video quite a bit.
...reminds me...
I like the video quite a bit.
...reminds me of early African work.
I use the "pipe" containment method from time to time....good to know its traditional.
As to gold/iron alloys. I'd have to...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th April 2014, 01:33 PM
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Very conscious pattern...note how the offset...
Very conscious pattern...note how the offset waves have a pamor "island" (for lack of a better word) at the apex of ever direction change.
This means the empu either planned that in the beginning or...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th March 2014, 01:19 PM
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It maybe that the smiths can not afford a power...
It maybe that the smiths can not afford a power hammer and human labor is the more cost effective way to go. I have quite an array of tools in mu shop...none of which work when I am not in the shop....
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
6th March 2014, 04:11 PM
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Good video, thank you for posting the link...
Good video, thank you for posting the link MitsuWa.
As to tools..this shows me that they and the art will most likely survive as they are taking advantage of faster ways of doing the grunt work. I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2014, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 14
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The difference not being the technique, but...
The difference not being the technique, but rather how the technique is applied. If you wish to have the ladder stand alone or wide bands blend together one needs only alter the technique to produce...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2014, 12:44 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2014, 02:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2014, 01:52 PM
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I agree with the age estimate and mechanical...
I agree with the age estimate and mechanical pattern-welding, but it is a ladder pattern. There are but a few ways to make this effect and there is overlap between this and the wootz laddering...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2013, 03:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2013, 10:37 PM
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I'd love to see a wootz gun barrel.
I second...
I'd love to see a wootz gun barrel.
I second and third Sachse book.
As usual I am late to the discussion...the sword blade is etched and done in a way to note try too hard to appear as anything...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2013, 05:57 AM
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I obtained a few small samples for a 800-900AD...
I obtained a few small samples for a 800-900AD Avar blade for study. The bits are very corroded so it may not yield much, but I will try.
At the right lab you can have a good look at the steel with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2013, 02:58 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th November 2013, 12:19 AM
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Ahmed,
Yes and no.
I have held thousands of...
Ahmed,
Yes and no.
I have held thousands of swords and tested quite a few. On a trip to India in 2007 the curators from The Wallace Collection had a vickers micro hardness tester and sampled many...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2013, 09:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2013, 04:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2013, 03:47 PM
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Sorry Ahmed,
I mean the study of the metal...
Sorry Ahmed,
I mean the study of the metal itself:
chemistry, crystal structure, hardnesses, impurities etc
as well as the particulars of the blade:
weight, length, width, cross-sectional changes...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2013, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 152
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Hello All,
I am coming into this discussion...
Hello All,
I am coming into this discussion late and ignorant (as usual), but if there are any metallographic studies done on this or other similar blades I would like to see them.
This type of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th November 2013, 06:30 PM
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I do not believe that the "lion of god" was a...
I do not believe that the "lion of god" was a person, but more of a title. I have a lion of god shamshir and the others I have seen are of different age of manufacture than the one I have.
As to the...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
10th October 2013, 07:09 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th October 2013, 10:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2013, 02:34 AM
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Steve,
Does not appear to be walrus to me. ...
Steve,
Does not appear to be walrus to me.
Try to measure the angle of the growth grains and you will be able to tell the animal...called Schreger lines.
I think you will find they are greater...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th September 2013, 02:04 AM
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