Forum: European Armoury
24th January 2016, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,956
The forum community is once again triumphant
Ulfberth, I think that you have surely 'nailed' it right on the head! The owner remembers swinging it around in the barn as a child. I'll ask if there is anything in the family history that might...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd January 2016, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 16,956
Old saber from a barn in northeastern Pennsylvania
A friend found this saber in his grandfather's barn in northeastern Pennsylvania, probably about fifty years ago. The blade is 26¼ inches long with an overall hilted length of 36½ inches. There is a...
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2016, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 62,293
Very Nice Sword, Indeed
Just as a note for the benefit of some of the less experienced members and lurkers who may be following this thread: It is extremely difficult to impossible for even the most experienced connoisseur...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th January 2016, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 62,218
Flogging of horses...
From our rarely read rules page:We appear to have recently accumulated several threads with persistent arguments. Members need to be able to state their on-topic opinions and observations without...
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Forum: Swap Forum
3rd January 2016, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,178
Brief direct sale event
Most of Lew's collection has now been sold, but some fine items still remain on offer. A brief 'Cut Out the Middleman's 10% Sale' has started and will end when everything returns to the commercial...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
3rd January 2016, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 20,487
Old Iron Edge Tools
Yes, there are.
I, too, like both with the first determining factor being the quality of the workmanship. Things intended primarily as personal weapons were usually procured on a larger budget due...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd January 2016, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 20,487
Nice in any case
The additional pictures are helpful. I have a coupe marc axe and it is larger (54.5 cm) as noted above and relatively flat on both faces, tapering symmetrically to the edge. (I will take and post...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd January 2016, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 20,487
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Forum: European Armoury
24th December 2015, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,716
Seasons Greetings
Please accept my very best wishes for a fine Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th December 2015, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,105
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2015, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,105
Down Memory Lane
I especially like these lances. I thought I had photographed a number of variations and placed those images on the forum, but now, a focused Google search having failed to show them, I suspect that...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2015, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 30,038
Clive Thomas' articles are produced to a very...
Clive Thomas' articles are produced to a very high standard and I greatly look forward to when he brings it all together with the ultimate publication of his intended book on this subject.
The...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st December 2015, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 30,038
Correct!
P.S. The one to the right in the...
Correct!
P.S. The one to the right in the picture (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=134582&postcount=14) (that has lost its tip, presumably to many re-honings, ex Maj. Prescott and...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th December 2015, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 30,038
Splendid
This really does demonstrate what the premium for provenance can be at the top of the market. I had totally missed that this was coming on sale and greatly appreciate the links and photos.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2015, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 19,187
Another Example
Here is another example with the forte of a Persian shamshir being reformed into a kard blade.
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Forum: European Armoury
12th December 2015, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,806
More on the Ulfberht theme
You may also find this (http://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/backbone/rb_4_3.html) to be interesting.
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Forum: European Armoury
12th December 2015, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,806
Ulfberht
In due course a book with the papers presented at the Sword Form & Thought conference is expected to be published.
The presentation relied upon further radiographic studies of four of the swords...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2015, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,806
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2015, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,763
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Forum: European Armoury
11th December 2015, 02:34 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,806
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Forum: European Armoury
10th December 2015, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,806
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2015, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 61,705
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th October 2015, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,380
I guess I should have suspected that the scene...
I guess I should have suspected that the scene was of a real place on the basis of it being repeated on several items I have seen, but I failed to make the connection and thank you, Kubur and estcrh,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2015, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,380
Early 20th century...
Thank you again; a Google search for 'Sabaean niello' proved productive. My pictures hide a very nicely bold wootz Damascus blade with a very well formed mid rib. I expect someone was once quite...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2015, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,380
Marsh Arab (Iraqi)? Jambiya
harrywagner's thread on his Kurdish dagger on his Kurdish dagger (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20570) brought similarities with this dagger to mind and following Kubur's inquiry on...
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