Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 10:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 10:29 PM
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You're welcome Jmings,
There never were any...
You're welcome Jmings,
There never were any real bladesmithing tradition in arabia, except for mounting foreign blades with local hilts and scabbards, or so we may think right now. The area of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 02:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 01:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 01:00 PM
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You're always welcome Hisham. ;)
I think I...
You're always welcome Hisham. ;)
I think I saw some mail shirts around, but I did not see any bazubands. Im sure that al-ahaidib's shop has everything, including armour.
If you havent heard, I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 11:43 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 01:26 AM
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You're always welcome Mike :) You've still got...
You're always welcome Mike :) You've still got to work on your arabic ;) , but it makes sense. Of course, without knowing how to speak or having a translator with you, its useless to go there....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 01:15 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 12:40 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 12:23 AM
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This saif, or Gurda as its properly called (a...
This saif, or Gurda as its properly called (a straight bladed sword is called a gurda), is one of the most expensive ($9400) , and the most beautiful sword ive seen in my trip. It has an almost 500...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 12:13 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2007, 12:03 AM
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Nasir Al-Sufayyan
Sheikh Nasir Al-Sufayyan, Abu Bandar, an old man with 50 years of expertise at hand, in the field of swords, jambiyas, and spears, and in general, anything traditional. He is a very old man, a person...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 09:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 09:47 PM
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Hello Tim,
first of all, thanks for sharing...
Hello Tim,
first of all, thanks for sharing that piece. I do not think that that spear is arab, first, Ive never seen an all metal arab spear (doesnt mean that they dont exist). Also, the spikes...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 09:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 09:42 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 03:32 PM
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A very old blade, that looks very much like a...
A very old blade, that looks very much like a Clauberg, except it had no signature, nor a knight on the forte. I guess it must be an old replica. It is so old, that its hilt has weathered off.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 03:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 02:36 PM
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A faithfull reproduction of a Clauberg blade....
A faithfull reproduction of a Clauberg blade. During my stay, I had asked every old shopkeeper, and Nasir Al-Sufayyan about these blade. They seem to call them 'Abu Askiri', referring to the knight...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 02:26 PM
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Riyadh's old Bazaar
Hello,
This is the next section of coverage of my trip. This place is called 'souk al-zal', literally, the carpets market. However, not only rugs, but traditional clothes, and antiques are sold...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 01:08 PM
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Hello Tim,
actually, the museum is one of...
Hello Tim,
actually, the museum is one of the most beautiful and neat museums ive been to. These pictures only show the weaponry. There are MANY other things in there, from the 4th millenia BC, to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 11:30 AM
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V. al-Dir'iyyah
The only weapon that was found at Diriyyah was a small ghaddara. The egyptian soldiers had looted the place dry, after they had destroyed it.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 11:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 01:08 AM
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Another royal sword. Unfortunately, I did not...
Another royal sword. Unfortunately, I did not capture the panel that read who it belonged to, and I cant remember that offhand. This is one of the most beautiful swords Ive seen on my trip. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2007, 12:24 AM
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IV. King AbdulAziz Memorial Hall
Next come the pics of Ibn Saud's hall. Here, most of his personal stuff is put on for display, inluding his famed personal sword, Raqban (severer of necks). The hall also contains other swords...
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