Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd July 2022, 04:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd July 2022, 04:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd July 2022, 02:35 PM
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I am not sure any of the Forumites here has...
I am not sure any of the Forumites here has enough knowledge or interest to delve into a very complex history of one of the Muhammed's swords. I would love to help, but Ucel's book doesn't even give...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st July 2022, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 16
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This is a fragment of a long and detailed...
This is a fragment of a long and detailed article by Novosyolov in the Russian journal " Studies of historical weapons #11. Till recently, Russian literature relied on 3 varieties of old Russian...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th July 2022, 06:06 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th July 2022, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 11
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Not my cup of tea either and until couple of...
Not my cup of tea either and until couple of weeks ago i could condescendingly critique your choices. But just recently I bough ( cheap) Indonesian or Philippino dagger of recent manufacture. Why on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th July 2022, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 56
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th July 2022, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 103,617
And for the life of me, I cannot even recall...
And for the life of me, I cannot even recall which side I was on:-)
Perhaps it made no difference: to steal a line from George Bernard Shaw’s pithy take on economists, if all the arms experts ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th July 2022, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 56
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Oh no, not kindergarten "skirmishes" but full...
Oh no, not kindergarten "skirmishes" but full blown "special military operations" :-))))
Our arguments were, as Pushkin used to say, " senseless and pitiless". Ren Ren is right: we were just too...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2022, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 22
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2022, 02:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2022, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 103,617
My guess based on seeing multiple examples of...
My guess based on seeing multiple examples of modern tourist Indian or Afghani daggers on e-bay have several easily noticeable features: general appearance of the blade is very impractical;...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2022, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 103,617
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2022, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 103,617
Ren Ren,
Thanks for reminding us of the...
Ren Ren,
Thanks for reminding us of the courage and enthusiasm of our youthful years:-)))
As far as I remember, the main ( or the only ?) argument in favor of Crimean origin was the crooked...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2022, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 103,617
Francantolin,
Right now anything we say will...
Francantolin,
Right now anything we say will be pure speculation.
There is a rule:” If it wasn’t written, it never happened”. Fortunately, there is some written information on the blade that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2022, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 84,140
AFAIK, all Balkan bladed weapons were at the...
AFAIK, all Balkan bladed weapons were at the very least heavily ( or totally) influenced by their Ottoman counterparts. The obvious exceptions are Croatia ( partially) and Slovenia ( largely...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2022, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 56
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Just to clarify: nobody makes a direct ...
Just to clarify: nobody makes a direct comparison between a dagger from messages ##17/19 with the one presented by francantolin for discussion. It is viewed and discussed on its own.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2022, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 103,617
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2022, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 103,617
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2022, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 103,617
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2022, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 84,140
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th July 2022, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 84,140
Ren Ren,
Thanks for the clarification re....
Ren Ren,
Thanks for the clarification re. ‘Surmene” knives called by Russian historians ‘Circumpontian” to stress that those knives did not belong specifically to the town of Surmene, but were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2022, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 84,140
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2022, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 84,140
Just a digression:
Kama is not Slavic, it is...
Just a digression:
Kama is not Slavic, it is Turkish for dagger.
Baba in Russian is either a peasant woman or a grandmother.
Baba in Turkish is “father”, buyuk baba is “grandfather”.
And...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th July 2022, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 84,140
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