Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2026, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 12
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Oriental Armament Collection,
I have resized...
Oriental Armament Collection,
I have resized and rotated your pictures to landscape orientation so that they better fit the screen of viewers, and it is not necessary to scroll up and down to see...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2026, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,867
Two Cuban machete swords
These two swords are Spanish Colonial examples from Cuba.
The top one is from the late 19th C and is marked "Fernando Esser Elberfeld Warranted Machete No. 87." Total length = 30.25 inches, with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2026, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,229
Yuri, a couple of possibilities come to mind....
Yuri, a couple of possibilities come to mind. First, the Africans may have found a way to use the relatively carbon-poor voyage iron from Europe for weaponry by adding some carbon to the iron....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th January 2026, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 34,393
Hello George and welcome to the Ethnographic...
Hello George and welcome to the Ethnographic Forum!
I was surprised to read in your original post that you have been assured this is not an Oceanic club. That would have been my first thought,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
14th January 2026, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,478
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2026, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,229
Pertinax,
I performed a web search for the...
Pertinax,
I performed a web search for the first few words of your article, "Brittany voyage iron," which seemed an unusual phrase and one that might be successful in finding this text. while I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
12th January 2026, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,478
SE Asian rice sickle knife (Cambodian?)
This is a nice example of the rice sickle knife that is used widely in mainland SE Asia to harvest rice. The hilt is the wooden area capped by a carved snake head. The large curved wooden section is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,170
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,170
Hi Detlef,
Yes, I've read similar stories...
Hi Detlef,
Yes, I've read similar stories about these swords "reaching around" shields to cause damage, similar to the reported use of shotels. No less authority than Richard F Burton (The Book...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,170
Hi Jeff,
Yes, this one is a mambele from the...
Hi Jeff,
Yes, this one is a mambele from the various tribal groups of Zaire/Central African Republic. The picture you posted was hard to see any details, so I photoshopped it so we can see it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 34,393
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th January 2026, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,169
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2026, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,729
Hi Albert,
Nice sword! Just to add to the...
Hi Albert,
Nice sword! Just to add to the chorus that this is likely a Luzon bolo. My only additional observation is that this one might be a variant of the San Bartolome style which dates from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th January 2026, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 199,686
Ray, I don't know the precision of the...
Ray, I don't know the precision of the carbon-dating method for steel. However, I did find a nice overview article for the use of carbon dating of iron and steel: HERE...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2026, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 31,055
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd January 2026, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,299
Hi Detlef,
Yes, lines on the blade adjacent...
Hi Detlef,
Yes, lines on the blade adjacent to the hilt are certainly seen on some Visayan knives and swords, including those with Panay hilts. And yes, an occasional Spanish Colonial blade of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2026, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,299
Hi Detlef,
What puts me off a Visayan origin...
Hi Detlef,
What puts me off a Visayan origin for the smaller knife is the full length tang and the form of the D-guard. Perhaps something from Cebu, but I think that is less likely than Luzon.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2026, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 97,466
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2026, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,299
Hi Drac,
Two nice Luzon knives with some age...
Hi Drac,
Two nice Luzon knives with some age I believe.
The smaller one with the triangular blade plus D-guard with down-turned quillion has Spanish colonial features. I think this one was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2025, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,532
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2025, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 15,793
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
30th December 2025, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 9,815
Tapa beaters--clubs used for making fabrics
Tapa beaters are clubs used in the manufacture of tapa fabric. I am posting examples here to record them for the archives and so that diligent readers will not confuse them with some type of club...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th December 2025, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 43,467
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th December 2025, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,968
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2025, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,968
Lee,
Thank you for showing your two Mt Hagen...
Lee,
Thank you for showing your two Mt Hagen axe heads. These old "utilitarian" forms (i.e., non-ceremonial) are not commonly found these days. The more familiar examples with woven plant material...
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