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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th December 2025, 10:57 AM
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Posted By Ian
What a fascinating item! Jose, have you...

What a fascinating item! Jose, have you considered that this might be from Brunei (including the hilt)? The pommel has suffered a few fractures to the crest and beak of the pommel, which seem to have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2025, 05:48 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 31,055
Posted By Ian
Thank you, Alan. I agree that the knowledge and...

Thank you, Alan. I agree that the knowledge and skills in producing and using these old weapons is disappearing. There are, however, a significant number of items in the hands of collectors and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2025, 10:39 AM
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Views: 31,055
Posted By Ian
Thanks Wayne. Yes, VANDOO posted a number of...

Thanks Wayne. Yes, VANDOO posted a number of items some time ago and I plan to include his threads in the information that I assemble. I plan also to acknowledge his pioneering efforts here in this...
Forum: Swap Forum 8th December 2025, 12:51 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 19,338
Posted By Ian
Moved to online auction

Moved to online auction
Forum: Swap Forum 8th December 2025, 12:51 AM
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Views: 16,375
Posted By Ian
Moved to online auction

Moved to online auction
Forum: Swap Forum 8th December 2025, 12:50 AM
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Views: 12,324
Posted By Ian
Sold

Sold
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2025, 12:42 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 31,055
Posted By Ian
Bob and Jim, thank you for your encouragement. As...

Bob and Jim, thank you for your encouragement. As you both note, there is very little readily available information on these weapons.

Regards, Ian.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th December 2025, 11:20 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,255
Posted By Ian
Thank you Alan. Good point. My aim for this...

Thank you Alan. Good point. My aim for this thread was to talk about weapons that were not intended to be showy or heavily decorated, but ended up having elegance and artistic merit in their standard...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2025, 10:52 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 31,055
Posted By Ian
A New Idea re Weapons of Oceania and a Poll

I have been talking with the owner of this site, Dr Lee Jones, and the other Moderators about a new focus on weapons of the indigenous peoples of Australasia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia, etc.,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2025, 10:23 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 15,756
Posted By Ian
No thoughts?

No thoughts?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2025, 10:17 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,330
Posted By Ian
Geoffrey, thank you for those helpful insights.

Geoffrey, thank you for those helpful insights.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2025, 09:04 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 21,743
Posted By Ian
Has anyone else noticed/commented that the two...

Has anyone else noticed/commented that the two globes making up the pommel for the original post are aligned with the edge and spine of the blade? The ears of a yataghan are aligned with the flat...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2025, 02:57 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,255
Posted By Ian
The European classics are indeed inspiring. The...

The European classics are indeed inspiring. The excellent symmetry of those medieval swords, contrasting wth the curved single-edged weapons coming later. And the highly worked forms of the keris,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th December 2025, 12:11 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,255
Posted By Ian
Chaqngdao, thank you. Simple designs and well...

Chaqngdao, thank you. Simple designs and well executed craftsmanship. Reminds me of art deco work, with a mix of art and powerful function.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd December 2025, 02:12 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,330
Posted By Ian
Thanks Tim. It seems that I have all the images...

Thanks Tim. It seems that I have all the images upside down. :eek: I'll try to restore them to their correct orientation. :)

The reoriented images for my knife seem to be a fairly close...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd December 2025, 06:24 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,330
Posted By Ian
TVV, Thank you for that insight into the adoption...

TVV, Thank you for that insight into the adoption of Martini bayonets by Egypt. As you say, this may well be a memento of the Sudan Wars from the early 1900s. The etching on my knife is so similar to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd December 2025, 02:07 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,255
Posted By Ian
Jim, thank you for your comment about the...

Jim, thank you for your comment about the darkened old warrior that has survived numerous adventures and can tell us many tales of victory and defeat. The scrapes and nicks of a hard life express...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd December 2025, 01:59 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,255
Posted By Ian
Indeed! Beautiful design and craftsmanship. Thank...

Indeed! Beautiful design and craftsmanship. Thank you Marius.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st December 2025, 06:33 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 21,255
Posted By Ian
The (unintentional) artistry of edged weapons

People of great artistic temperament can find beauty in even the most mundane objects. I'm not a person of artistic temperament, but there is one edged weapon that strikes me as having a fantastic...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st December 2025, 05:55 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,330
Posted By Ian
Thank you Tim! I think you've nailed it...

Thank you Tim!

I think you've nailed it convincingly. A repurposed bayonet, possibly a British Martini Enfield pattern 1876/95 Egyptian bayonet, remounted in Sudan or thereabouts and subsequently...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 1st December 2025, 12:00 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 37,345
Posted By Ian
David, I believe this is Rajastani from northern...

David, I believe this is Rajastani from northern India. If so, the silvery metal will likely be 800 Silver (not sterling, which is 925, but still a substantial amount of silver). The "bees" around...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st December 2025, 04:16 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,330
Posted By Ian
Old kaskara with similarly etched inscription

Here are pictures of my old kaskara (said to be from Chad) that has similarly etched inscriptions. The blade on this sword is especially dark and I'm reluctant to clean it too much because that may...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st December 2025, 02:52 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 15,756
Posted By Ian
Philippines punal

From the same auction as my earlier post today (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31073), this is a more convincing version of a late 19th C Philippines dagger. The hilt is made of two...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st December 2025, 02:00 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 17,330
Posted By Ian
Unusual dagger ?Philippines ?N. Africa

This dagger sold at auction yesterday. I won't have it for a couple of weeks as it is coming from California. The attached pictues come from the auction site.

The knife was sold as a Philippines...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th November 2025, 03:10 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 17,299
Posted By Ian
Another example (without scabbard) with a different blade and hilt

Here is another one that I have had for many years. It has a rifle mark stamped at forte, the HuSa mark in Chinese characters, and a brass dot adjacent to the tip of the blade.
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