Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2025, 02:49 PM
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Hi Jeff,
When I first looked at your...
Hi Jeff,
When I first looked at your pictures a Philippines Luzon origin comes to my mind, this also would explain the engravings on the blade. Are the handle mounts from iron? Is the tang peened...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2025, 10:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th March 2025, 05:27 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2025, 06:37 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2025, 12:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2025, 10:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2025, 12:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2025, 12:53 PM
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Hello Rob,
Thank you for clarification! :)...
Hello Rob,
Thank you for clarification! :) For me is a wedung a special knife from Java. It could be that wedung and tiuk pegentas have a similar source and have a similar blade shape but they are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 08:54 PM
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Hi Ian,
Thank you for your comment! :) And...
Hi Ian,
Thank you for your comment! :) And yes, I agree that the depression on the spine behind the handle is most probably for resting the thumb there. And I also agree that the upturned scabbard...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 08:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 03:34 PM
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Thank you for your thoughts Jeff! :)
I have...
Thank you for your thoughts Jeff! :)
I have the hope that someone can recognize the handle form, I am pretty sure that I have seen this form before but can't remember where and when! :rolleyes:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 03:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 03:18 PM
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Hello Rob,
I've seen several knives,...
Hello Rob,
I've seen several knives, "bolos", working knives from Bali/Lombok, some we have discussed before here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16537&highlight=wedung+bali
But...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 12:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 11:49 AM
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I also can't help with the origin and I don't...
I also can't help with the origin and I don't want to guess. I added from my collection some arrow tips from Banda Neira, Moluccas and three arrows from the Philippines, unknown ethnic for...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st March 2025, 05:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2025, 12:58 PM
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Looks to my eyes like it has a good age, an...
Looks to my eyes like it has a good age, an utility blade doesn't need a good surface finish, I could show several really old blades with a rough surface finish.
The engravings seem to have remnants...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2025, 07:58 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
28th February 2025, 01:38 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
28th February 2025, 01:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2025, 01:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2025, 10:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2025, 10:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2025, 10:29 PM
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Hi Andrew,
By this you can note that your...
Hi Andrew,
By this you can note that your friend knows next to nothing about the origin of blades. And this dagger is by the way much more worthy by describing it as from the Philippines.
Like...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2025, 04:33 PM
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