Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2007, 09:34 AM
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Blades and horseshoes??!!
Dear Friends!
Some of you have a real great mettalurgical and mettalography knowledge so I hope you'll coment this thread.
I just have read an excerpt of new "Guide for collectors" just printed...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2007, 09:42 AM
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hussars sabre
Mine is a fine example of Polish hussars sabre, in most classical form and shape, made at the end of 17th century by Lviv (Lvov) Ormians. I had a thread devoted to this sabre many months ago, but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2007, 08:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2007, 01:07 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
19th January 2007, 08:31 AM
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VERY RARE books! Auction
Dear Friends!
I have listed on 7-day ebay auction two VERY, really VERY RARE BOOKS.
1. Z. Lenkiewicz, 1000 Marks of European Blademakers, publ. 1991
The book I was searching for a long long...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2007, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 34
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Hmmm, now I lost. Does this picture suggest the...
Hmmm, now I lost. Does this picture suggest the scabbard would be in shape of CHURCH DIRECTED in PROPER WAY .... or does it prove it is impossible to make scabbard with the picture of the church in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2007, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2007, 11:19 PM
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Bow cases
Yes, of course there are bow cases:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2007, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 21
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Hello!
Below you'll find just a few pictures...
Hello!
Below you'll find just a few pictures from books I had just at the hand.
You should get few book like:
War and Peace. Ottoman-Polish Relations in the 15th-19th c. - great catalogue from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th January 2007, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 158
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Quite the contrary
I think you should reread my...
Quite the contrary
I think you should reread my post and you'll find that I admited your dagger is quite unique because of the scabbard, but aswell as Jim I have seen somewhere something like this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th January 2007, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 158
Views: 222,058
Thanks David.
Yes you maybe right and I won't...
Thanks David.
Yes you maybe right and I won't dig deeper. My thought on images was just general. There are some images maybe not 'evil' but more fearsome like gargoyle/devil with great wings,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th January 2007, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 158
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2007, 07:11 PM
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Not many of them anyway - these were just few...
Not many of them anyway - these were just few from Persia and India, 18th c. I suppose, but nothing new, eveything printed already in books. I would post something here if there was anything about...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2007, 09:03 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2007, 08:53 AM
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I'm not expert too but I have few thoughts.
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I'm not expert too but I have few thoughts.
I tried to look at some miniatures where we can see shamshir in use and I couldn't find hooking thrust on any of them - but these were only few...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2007, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 158
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I agree with David and it seems to be obvious...
I agree with David and it seems to be obvious that scabbard is a representation of a church.
But I DON'T AGREE with an upside down theory which is just a wishful thinking here, I suppose, and the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2007, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 27
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LUC! Great Idea, I would like to have someting...
LUC! Great Idea, I would like to have someting like that! Is is available somewhere? If you cannot mention dealer and the price here, please send me PM or email: wolviex@poczta.onet.pl
Many thanks...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2007, 01:07 PM
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Indian?
I don't know if it is a right trace, but there is a Sind Armour from India in my Museum with unusual helmet where you can observe a similiar design made of brass, cut with half-round teeth with dots....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2006, 07:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th December 2006, 08:21 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2006, 11:28 AM
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Translation help needed
Dear Friends!
Knowing that we have some great people here who have helped us many times with translating, I hope I can count on you again.
If someone in able to translate this text, it would be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2006, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 39,436
Thank you for the link. I didn't follow this...
Thank you for the link. I didn't follow this thread, now I read it all, and don't want to move this hot discussion here. For me, who practiced few martial arts styles , moves, poses and other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2006, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 15
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2006, 11:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th November 2006, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 42,706
Thanks for the intrinsting thread Ariel!
There...
Thanks for the intrinsting thread Ariel!
There was a post started by me on Polish hussars sabre link (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=67)
so if someone is interest just take a look...
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