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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th November 2012, 12:42 AM
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Views: 13,246
Posted By fearn
Cool, another person with a long line of...

Cool, another person with a long line of Metropolitan pictures.

The one thing I found the Met was really great for was getting non-standard views of weapons. In some cases, the displays were...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th November 2012, 12:23 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 16,434
Posted By fearn
Thanks TW. Not that I know much about guns, but...

Thanks TW. Not that I know much about guns, but I couldn't place it.

Best,

F
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th November 2012, 06:26 PM
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Views: 16,434
Posted By fearn
Great display! Out of curiosity, what's that...

Great display! Out of curiosity, what's that pistol directly below the crossbow?

Best,

F
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd November 2012, 12:22 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 14,621
Posted By fearn
On the barbed one, I keep finding myself thinking...

On the barbed one, I keep finding myself thinking "It's from Touristania." That's an uncharitable thought and I hope a wrong one. The issue is that I can't figure out what they were going to use...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th October 2012, 08:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 23,563
Posted By fearn
Let's try this again, and see if I can make it...

Let's try this again, and see if I can make it not automatically truncate: htt(ADD P COLON HERE AFTER COPYING)//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/secrets-viking-sword.html or link...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th October 2012, 03:32 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 23,563
Posted By fearn
It looks like the program is available online at...

It looks like the program is available online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/secrets-viking-sword.html

Best,

F
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2012, 03:57 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 15,964
Posted By fearn
It's the new bronze sword posted at...

It's the new bronze sword posted at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=135747&postcount=5

F
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2012, 12:32 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 15,964
Posted By fearn
Incidentally, one of Neil Burridge's swords is...

Incidentally, one of Neil Burridge's swords is shown at: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15248

Best,

F
Forum: European Armoury 27th August 2012, 05:38 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 15,964
Posted By fearn
Dimensions would help. Problem is that several...

Dimensions would help. Problem is that several people and firms make replica swords of this type. Getting the dimensions would help sort out whether it's genuine, a replica from a place like Del Tin...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th August 2012, 04:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 22,377
Posted By fearn
I'd be careful with the vinegar. My experience...

I'd be careful with the vinegar. My experience with my replica bronze sword is that it cleans quite quickly and produces spots if you aren't careful.

I'd also point out that in EUROPE (I don't...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2012, 10:03 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 25,544
Posted By fearn
The tripping club is called a pikoi, and I get...

The tripping club is called a pikoi, and I get the impression that it was used as a meteor hammer, as well as a "slung shot."

I saw a brief section on a program a few years back, about the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2012, 06:52 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 23,389
Posted By fearn
Thinking about it, we've got a number of...

Thinking about it, we've got a number of different influences going on with tridents. These include:

--multipronged and barbed fishing spears. This is purely functional, and based on the need to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2012, 01:22 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 23,389
Posted By fearn
I saw a reference that the Okinawan sai (tjabang,...

I saw a reference that the Okinawan sai (tjabang, etc) occurred in India and was known as a trisul. I assume this was a miscue on the part of the author. Has anyone seen an Indian sai? (basically,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th July 2012, 12:21 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,494
Posted By fearn
Possibly, although I agree that a case can be...

Possibly, although I agree that a case can be made for the Polynesian models sharing a common heritage. Was the Solomons club used to strike around a shield, or (like the Maori tewhatewha), was the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th July 2012, 10:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,494
Posted By fearn
At this remove, it's hard to determine whether a...

At this remove, it's hard to determine whether a design is culturally conservative, or independently derived. Thing about the Maori clubs is that the archeologists have dug up a bone club in the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th July 2012, 06:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,494
Posted By fearn
Beautiful clubs. F

Beautiful clubs.

F
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2012, 04:11 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,156
Posted By fearn
The white marks bug me. Is that paint stains, or...

The white marks bug me. Is that paint stains, or a dark stain rubbing off?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th June 2012, 09:48 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 14,940
Posted By fearn
And I don't disagree with you there!

And I don't disagree with you there!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th June 2012, 07:07 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 14,940
Posted By fearn
Sorry Lew, there *is* an ironwood in the great...

Sorry Lew, there *is* an ironwood in the great lakes region, Ostrya virginiana. It's lovely, hard, dense wood, and would make a good club.

The problem is that there are over 50 different trees...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st June 2012, 07:28 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 25,424
Posted By fearn
Thanks for posting all of those, Vandoo! It's...

Thanks for posting all of those, Vandoo! It's great to see them in views that show how they were put together.

AFAIK (and I haven't built an atlatl yet), there's a bit of a functional difference...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th May 2012, 07:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 10,454
Posted By fearn
There are a bunch of things going on. --Edge...

There are a bunch of things going on.

--Edge geometry depends on what you're chopping. One of the forumites very kindly reprofiled one of my khukuri knives after I chewed the edge up chopping...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th May 2012, 09:59 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 11,120
Posted By fearn
The copper club seemed to be at most 0.5-1...

The copper club seemed to be at most 0.5-1 centimeter thick. The geometry of the case made it hard to see the shape of that piece.

I was also interested in seeing the teeth on those clubs. So...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th May 2012, 12:04 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 11,120
Posted By fearn
More from the AMNH: Tlingit armor and clubs

My cousins were somewhat sniffy about the Northwest Indian exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. It is darkly lit, a bit dusty, and (as I understand it) the oldest hall in the museum. ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th May 2012, 08:45 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 9,886
Posted By fearn
According to the volunteer standing by the York...

According to the volunteer standing by the York Meteorite, the ground around the meteorites was littered with hammerstones from Inuit knocking bits off.

The picture below is from the Old Woman,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th May 2012, 06:04 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 9,886
Posted By fearn
Greenland Iron Age

Hi All,

I had a blast visiting the American Museum of Natural History last week. It's got quite a collection of ethnographic material hiding here and there (including some pieces that were used...
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