Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2025, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 32,878
One Last Comment
an,
Please allow me this last statement because I think that, if Waelty and Buttin are correct, the distinction between the koummya and the khanjar in Morocco is important as it helps to explain...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2025, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 32,878
Name Origins Not Applicable
an,
On page 13, Waelty begins his discussion of the Moroccan khanjar by saying that, although the word khanjar is applied to various daggers in a number of countries in the Moslem world, the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2025, 04:21 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 32,878
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2025, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 28,929
Age Is Just A Number
Domi888,
I have read that a shallow ferrule made of steel is a good indicator of age (deeper ferrules made of brass were said to have appeared after WWII). But I think in the case of this khukri,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2025, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 44,893
Sundang, Not Talibon?
Xasterix,
You say it’s a really nice sundang. I am happy to agree with you that it is really nice and am glad you like it but could you explain to me why it’s a sundang rather than a talibon. I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2025, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 44,893
Ferrule Opinions Still Wanted
Battara,
Glad you like it. What I’m really wondering is, if I have to learn to weave a rattan ferrule, if perhaps this example never had a ferrule at all, or if it could possibly have had a metal...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2025, 02:10 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 44,893
Classic Talibon Hilt w/Atypical Blade
Hi All,
Well, almost classic style hilt since it doesn’t have the rattan ferrule found on classic hilts. Normally, I would say that the ferrule is just missing on my example but the part that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2025, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 72,389
Rather Large
Mandich,
I assume that the 106 cm (about 41.75”) head includes the ferrule? Even with that, it’s a big boy. I have a pair of these spears and they both measure (including ferrule) around 85 cm...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2025, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 19,582
Maker? Why "Special"? Who For?
JeffS,
Thanks for following up on this. I really suspected that the characters are Japanese but I didn’t know for sure. It’s pretty interesting that the translation of the Chinese characters...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2025, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 19,582
Any Idea About Culture of Origin?
Hi All,
I forgot to mention that the blade is single edge with the short bevel providing a false edge at the tip. Does anyone have any idea where this dagger comes from?
Battara,
It would appear...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2025, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 19,582
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2025, 02:10 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 75,051
Hilt Matter, Khanjar vs Koummya
Hi All,
There are three koummya shown in this thread that have hilts made of a material other than wood.
Jim McDougall’s example, made of camel bone, has very slight quillons made of metal. I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2025, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 75,051
Status and Utility, Equally Important
Jim McDougall,
Your point about weapons being worn as status and fashion can’t be overemphasized. For anyone of the culture, the sumptuousness of man’s sidearm allowed the viewer to get a good idea...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2025, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 75,051
A Few Responses
kahnjar 1,
When I said that, “I don’t think this knife was made for or worn with any serious belief that it would have to be used in combat”, I was referring specifically to Jim McDougall’s example...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2025, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 75,051
Not A Fighter
Kahnjar 1,
Whether or not they fit the definition of “true” quillons, the typical projections at the base of a koummya serve to prevent the user’s hand from sliding up the hilt on a thrust. I am...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2025, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 75,051
European Blade?
Hi Jim McDougall,
I think your estimate of 1910-1920 is plausible. The French annexed part of Morocco in 1912 and then the Spanish annexed the rest in that same year. Both countries were heavily...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2025, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 38,289
Single Knife Version
Hi All,
They also came as single knives. At 14.625 in (37.1475 cm) long, 2.0625 in (5.23875 cm) wide at the hilt, and almost .25 in (6.35mm) thick (spine at the hilt), my example certainly meets...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2025, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 40,579
Maybe Move to Euro Forum?
Geoffrey,
Did you post your request for information on the European forum? If not, maybe it is time to move this thread there. The fact that your koummya has the same stamp as mine is really...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th March 2025, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 40,579
Thanks Marc M
Thanks Marc M.,
I am partial to koummya with really good blades and buy them whenever they are affordable. Ironically, most of the really expensive koummya I see have very ornate sheaths and hilts...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th March 2025, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 40,579
I'm Looking Too
Ian and Jim McDougall,
I couldn’t agree more that motifs are picked up by disparate cultures and repeated. The trick is finding the relevant source for the design. I am going to check out my copy of...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2025, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 40,579
Maker's Mark ID Requested
Hi All,
Because this koummya appears to have a European blade, I was of two minds as to where to post my request. I decided on the ethnographic section rather than the European armory because that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2025, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 92,385
I Know What a Javanese Wedong Looks Like
Sajen,
I am well aware of the form of the Javanese wedong and have an example. When I said that the knife I presented in this post was “some form of Indonesian wedong”, I meant that I believed...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 92,385
Similar Knife
Hi All,
The hilt/ferrule arrangement looks similar to a knife of mine which I had always thought was some form of Indonesian wedong. The ferrule is silver plated steel. The blade is about 7.625 in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd February 2025, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 46,350
Thanks Anyway
AHite,
I have a Philippine sword with a very similar hilt and guard (the blade is completely different though). Because of the hilt and guard similarity, I was wondering if there may have been a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2025, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 46,350
Tang Question
AHite,
Very nice sword you have there. Is the tang threaded into a nut or peened over?
Sincerely,
RobT
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