Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2007, 10:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2007, 04:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2007, 12:22 PM
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A Contemporary Pira
Greetings everyone :)
For quite some months Paolo Abrera and myself have been working on this Contemporary Pira design (http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/piradesign.htm)and it was a great...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th May 2007, 12:44 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2007, 02:56 PM
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Information on a very special dha (to me)
Greetings everyone,
Please allow me to say that I'm too old to be a fan of movie swords. Well, I don't think it is a matter of age, but more of direction or preference.
However I was very...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2007, 12:43 AM
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Forum: Swap Forum
6th May 2007, 12:39 AM
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Hi Charles,
My Bad, really. I followed my...
Hi Charles,
My Bad, really. I followed my visual memory when I posted and actually it is this one which is the second sword in the photos.
Hence the question did I miss this one? Meaning if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2007, 05:33 AM
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I'm flattered to suddenly see my name here,...
I'm flattered to suddenly see my name here, Marco.
I'm no authority on Russian art and won't claim authority on anything :)
IMO, however, I do have my personal taste reservations on overly...
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th May 2007, 05:03 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2007, 12:08 AM
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Mark,
It was polished differently from the...
Mark,
It was polished differently from the Chinese traditional way, but there was a change in geometry as you say below. I purposedly focused the tip and my own shadow darkened the lower part of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2007, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 55
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Hi Josh,
We are in total agreement. :) ...
Hi Josh,
We are in total agreement. :)
I'm totally alien to Tibetan blades so I'm not the right person to ask.
So far I understand that the Silk Road played an important part on the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2007, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 55
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You're welcome :)
I have no clue if those...
You're welcome :)
I have no clue if those fittings were added at a later stage. The sword was classified as Ming, so we went with what was on Zhou's own Museum. To my Chinese culture experience,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2007, 03:22 AM
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Hi Josh,
I believe there is much more out...
Hi Josh,
I believe there is much more out there than whatever typology we know and want to classify and put a sword into. Why would a round pommel and four lobbed would be specific of the Qing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2007, 02:29 AM
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Hi Tim,
It never crossed my mind you were...
Hi Tim,
It never crossed my mind you were saying it was kitsch. I said it myself.
It was designerd for specific purposes of confronting a katana.
So the ergonomics serve that purpose. :)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2007, 02:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2007, 02:25 AM
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Thanks Katana :)
Obviously swords are...
Thanks Katana :)
Obviously swords are martially/military obsolete, that is why we can indulge in this area of creative work.
Thanks for the kind words. The blade is very nicely balanced and very...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2007, 11:54 AM
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Hi Tim :) This is what I would call ethnic...
Hi Tim :) This is what I would call ethnic appropriation and stylizing resulting from hybridation to answer some specific needs in imaginary combat.
While kitsch is always associated with bad taste...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2007, 05:31 PM
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Hi Louie,
In fact you are right. Actually...
Hi Louie,
In fact you are right. Actually even in my specifications I used Japanese terms for convenience. If you check most of what is being done by non-native smiths, it is done with a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2007, 05:00 PM
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Contemporary Dha
Hi everyone,
Jesus Hernandez just concluded this W2 steel contemporary dha (http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/jh.w2dha.htm) version for me. In the link there is the initial concept which is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2007, 11:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2007, 10:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2007, 02:07 AM
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Hola Marc,
I see :D
Actually I lost your...
Hola Marc,
I see :D
Actually I lost your contacts. When a computer hard disc goes crazy, or when I moved apartments, that was lost :o
Anyways, I think that Michael Crampton from Shadow of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2007, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 55
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th April 2007, 03:41 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th April 2007, 11:56 AM
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