Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th January 2010, 07:17 PM
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Hi Rick,
Gorgeous tulwar! If the koftgari...
Hi Rick,
Gorgeous tulwar! If the koftgari and date inscription are original, then this would nicely date this particular type of hilt to at least the late 18th century.
Did anything worthy of...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2010, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 15
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Hi Jim,
My library has this magazine. I will...
Hi Jim,
My library has this magazine. I will check if they have the volume with the article you seek and scan it for you in the next few days.
All the best and drive safe in the new year :)...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th December 2009, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 28
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th December 2009, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 28
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Hello,
On first impression I would say Nepal...
Hello,
On first impression I would say Nepal as well, a hansiya ("hanshee" - what lambendh khukri used to be mistakenly called).
The handle brings to mind Afghan work on choora and lohar....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th December 2009, 07:50 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th December 2009, 08:06 PM
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Hi Jim, Dom,
The F word again :D
The...
Hi Jim, Dom,
The F word again :D
The darbuka drum is similar, and it is found in North Africa and throughtout the Middle East.
I will check my flyssas...
Emanuel
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2009, 04:06 AM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2009, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 28
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Hi Michel,
There really aren't many...
Hi Michel,
There really aren't many utilitarian convex blades that I can think of.
There are a few WWII US machete variants based on a Philippine bolo, with a wide belly and various convex...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th December 2009, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 28
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Hi Michel,
Sickle = serpe ou faucille,...
Hi Michel,
Sickle = serpe ou faucille, toutes les deux ont la lame concave, non?
In English I think "machete" covers most kinds of large utilitarian blades.
Sickle, bill-hook and scythe cover...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2009, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 44,965
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2009, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,259
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Forum: European Armoury
30th November 2009, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 54,266
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2009, 07:04 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th November 2009, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 54,266
Great discussion everyone.
Another point to...
Great discussion everyone.
Another point to throw in - The French also made their first expeditions to India in the mid-16th and early-17th centuries. While mostly localized on the Malabar coast,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th November 2009, 07:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th November 2009, 05:05 PM
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Question about Moro kris scabbards
Hello,
I've recently acquired a Moro kris - pics forthcoming - and I noticed that the scabbard features a number of notches along one side, 13 in total. They are evenly spaced and they do not seem...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2009, 07:48 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th November 2009, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 81
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Hello,
I imagine these were seen in the...
Hello,
I imagine these were seen in the Phillipines as well. Here is a tourist oddity from a while back (http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5880) that seems to combine the tradition of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th November 2009, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 9,165
Hi Tim,
Do you think the patterning was...
Hi Tim,
Do you think the patterning was voluntary and controlled or the random product of forging process?
I was actually thinking recently of etching my trumbash to see what the steel is like.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2009, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,655
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2009, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 6
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You may be right:
...
You may be right:
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4994/bolo2jk5bg9.jpg
The bottom one ia extremely similar. The seller said this was brought back in WWII - he provides the sldier's name....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2009, 09:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2009, 08:59 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2009, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 6
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Tabak
Got another little piece off ebay...I really need to stop this.
A tabak, 26" long with 16 1/2" long, 1/3" thick blade. I really like the horse hoof pommel - a powerful reason for me buying this. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2009, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 2
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Persian khanjar
Just got this off ebay, a Persian dagger, blade shape standard.
The seller says this the handle is rhino horn - I'm not putting much stock on that. The interesting bit is that he dates it to early...
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