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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th January 2026, 11:11 PM
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Views: 50,630
Posted By gp
an older yet still most and more interesting...

an older yet still most and more interesting publiction ( and legal download ) on pchaq, by a man I very highly respect: Dmitri Miloserdov / Archaic Decor on Elements of Traditional Knives of Central...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th January 2026, 10:41 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 21,984
Posted By gp
Moc vám děkuji / thnx a lot Martin !

Moc vám děkuji / thnx a lot Martin !
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th January 2026, 05:19 PM
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Posted By gp
much obliged, Hombre and Rob ! ☼☼☼

much obliged, Hombre and Rob ! ☼☼☼
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th January 2026, 05:12 PM
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Views: 5,158
Posted By gp
concerning Collins: ...

concerning Collins:

http://www.vikingsword.com/rila/costeno.html
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/legitimus-collins-co-machete.79462/

Collins & Co.

The Collins Company was founded by...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th January 2026, 09:20 AM
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Views: 21,984
Posted By gp
5 years have passed....would anybody now be able...

5 years have passed....would anybody now be able to tell me where this one comes from...? thnx a lot
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th January 2026, 11:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,129
Posted By gp
you're welcome my friend! Some more on him: ...

you're welcome my friend!

Some more on him:

https://www.internetgunclub.com/hd/historicalresult.php?id=66326&country=United+Kingdom&area=london&firstname=&surname=&text=&currentpage=113
...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 13th January 2026, 04:32 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 49,386
Posted By gp
"Walking down the road with a ratchet in your...

"Walking down the road with a ratchet in your waist, Johnny you’re too bad"

thnx a lot!

I never knew nor heard of the ratched knive (AKA Okapi) being popular in Jamaica and also South Africa,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th January 2026, 10:46 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,129
Posted By gp
Tatham I could find this : ...

Tatham I could find this :

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69270/sabre-and-sheath-tatham-james/
...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th January 2026, 06:47 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 49,386
Posted By gp
and a song dedicated by me to a badass from Texas...

and a song dedicated by me to a badass from Texas :D

The Ballad of the Last Knife Fighter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QvQY4V_m3E
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th January 2026, 06:43 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 49,386
Posted By gp
Tell butcher knife totin' annie..... GEORGE...

Tell butcher knife totin' annie.....

GEORGE THOROGOOD
"Wang Dang Doodle"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1cn2K-8jPE
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th January 2026, 02:14 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 82,904
Posted By gp
[QUOTE=gp;301489] a place where for centuries...

[QUOTE=gp;301489]
a place where for centuries daggers were sold and still are being sold

QUOTE]


some pics of the daggers for sale in Marrakech's Djma el Fna...

although most are...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2026, 12:04 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 88,688
Posted By gp
for those not having seen this excellent movie......

for those not having seen this excellent movie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGi2AlMhraQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFKJuzrCGj4
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st December 2025, 09:17 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 82,904
Posted By gp
you're welcome uncle Jim! Good to see that the...

you're welcome uncle Jim! Good to see that the worm in the bottle ta'killya left you untouched ! ☺


☺☺☺



Indeed in those days the quality of the skills of the Moroccan weapon masters were...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2025, 06:42 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 5,891
Posted By gp
Islamic Arms and Armor in the metropolitan museum of ar

an excellent book with some most beautiful examples of excellent craftmanship
https://www.metmuseum.org/met-publications/islamic-arms-and-armor-in-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art

hard copy only...
Forum: European Armoury 20th December 2025, 09:39 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 11,237
Posted By gp
noticeed not everybody can open it, hence a copy....

noticeed not everybody can open it, hence a copy.
You can use google translate

In memoriam Djurdjica Petrovic
(7. Mai 1927–12. Januar 2003)

Die deutsche und internationale...
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2025, 06:40 PM
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Views: 11,237
Posted By gp
by the way...the Bay of Kotor, Boka Kotorska is...

by the way...the Bay of Kotor, Boka Kotorska is only very recent part of Montenegro when talking history; just after WW I it changed hands.... and actually after 1945 to Montenegro
it used to be...
Forum: European Armoury 19th December 2025, 06:32 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 11,237
Posted By gp
withy all due respect I disagree with you on...

withy all due respect I disagree with you on prof. dr. Petrovic:

you might disagree with some of her findings or she might have made the odd mistake but not only did Elgood use her works /...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th December 2025, 05:33 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 82,904
Posted By gp
both comments reminded me of my 2nd trip to...

both comments reminded me of my 2nd trip to Morocco early 1980ies :
driving in a not second but sixth handed Simca from Holland to the Ourika valley, south of Marrakesh....a four day's drive.

On...
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2025, 02:33 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 11,237
Posted By gp
try this mail address ( it's the secretary of the...

try this mail address ( it's the secretary of the museum) :)

tajnistvo@dumus.hr

or otherwise the museum in Zagreb which has a big collection as well

...
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2025, 12:17 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 11,237
Posted By gp
maybe best to contact their museum? ...

maybe best to contact their museum?

https://www.muzeu-fa.gov.al/english/

or as in the former Yu some books have been written about Balkan weapons by Đurđica Petrović:
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th December 2025, 11:59 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 82,904
Posted By gp
some more lovely pics from a book by · Baroness...

some more lovely pics from a book by · Baroness Lady Mary Elizabeth Herbert in the 1870ies on Algeria, although she travelled throught the Magreb ( hence also Tunesia and Morocco)
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 8th December 2025, 10:28 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 7,803
Posted By gp
Paktong pipe with knife

Antique Asian Paktong pipe with a peacock and hidden knife from around 1900, handmade filigree and engraved decoration.

Most likely from the Chinese Straits region (Maleisia, Singapore or...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2025, 09:33 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 21,107
Posted By gp
another sold last year in New York USA

another sold last year in New York USA
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2025, 09:24 AM
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Views: 21,107
Posted By gp
here some more pics on the emir. By the way, it...

here some more pics on the emir.
By the way, it was by no means Ottoman but rather Maghreb / North African Arab and at that time part of France , invaded or occupied by France but hardly to none...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th November 2025, 12:13 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 122,667
Posted By gp
in order to keep the literature centralized, I...

in order to keep the literature centralized, I shall add these 2 links here as well with regards to the above post #36 & 37

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=300592&postcount=6
...
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