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16th January 2015, 04:23 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th January 2015, 01:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2014, 01:43 AM
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Forum: Swap Forum
18th May 2014, 05:43 PM
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Arms and Antiques May 2014 Update
Dear Viking Sword community,
Please see the below listing for the Arms and Antiques May 2014 update.
Feel free to email us at info@armsandantiques.com or call us at 1 (855) 927-3393 and leave...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2014, 06:08 PM
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To provide some more background on the items in...
To provide some more background on the items in the sale. While I am not a specialist in Philippines or Southeast Asian items, I was able to view all of the pieces that went up for sale and know the...
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Forum: Swap Forum
10th April 2014, 03:24 AM
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Forum: Swap Forum
29th March 2014, 08:08 PM
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Date Changed- April 19
The auction date has changed to April 19.
Lots will go up on Liveauctioneers. Will post the link when up.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2014, 02:47 AM
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To kick up the dust from an old thread. I'm...
To kick up the dust from an old thread. I'm attaching a quote from a letter from King Mongkut to President Franklin Pierce in which he states that one of his gifts is "The sword or dagger (made of...
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Forum: Swap Forum
27th March 2014, 12:26 AM
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Forum: Swap Forum
23rd March 2014, 11:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2014, 08:05 PM
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I would only add that the style of hilt and the...
I would only add that the style of hilt and the steel ball decoration has corollaries in Imperial Russian work of the late 18th- early 19th C. If I remember right there may be at least one example...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2014, 07:10 PM
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Hello Ibrahim,
Shukran! Thank you for the...
Hello Ibrahim,
Shukran! Thank you for the excellent input. It is much appreciated. So an early 19th C. example as opposed to a later example. It would be interesting to see how early one can find...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2014, 06:18 AM
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I would agree with a 19th C. dating, possibly...
I would agree with a 19th C. dating, possibly earlier. It's quite uncommon to find one with Devangari writing in koftgari, which yours appears to have remnants of. The form and shape are similar to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2014, 02:32 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2014, 06:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2014, 05:43 PM
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Translation help please- 18th C. Indian Shamshir
Any help with this cartouche would be much appreciated. An uncommon example with a pennant inlaid into the blade. I've seen a similar Mughal pennant on a dagger in the recent Hales publication.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2014, 09:30 PM
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I think Spiral is right. Newer rather than...
I think Spiral is right. Newer rather than earlier. Those securing bars give it away. Still done well, and in fifty years when the iron has had some time to age it will be sold as an antique...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2014, 01:01 AM
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IMHO the type of patina I see in the photos is...
IMHO the type of patina I see in the photos is not the type that is easy to induce in a couple of days. Perhaps more photos could show us the actual construction, especially what appears to the iron...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2014, 07:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th January 2014, 02:40 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2014, 02:50 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2014, 01:25 AM
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Hi Jim,
Unfortunately I don't have any...
Hi Jim,
Unfortunately I don't have any photos of those as I had them several years ago before I began to systematically keep photos of my pieces. However, just a few weeks ago I had dinner with a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2014, 01:12 AM
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Hi Carlos
That is really a fantastic...
Hi Carlos
That is really a fantastic reference. I also believe that it is silver plated as it appears that some of it is tarnished dark where the plating remains. The blade itself is really quite...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2014, 06:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2014, 04:23 AM
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