Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2021, 06:59 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2021, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 121,552
Hi,
Some additional info. ...
Hi,
Some additional info.
http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/weapons/index.php/tour-by-region/oceania/asia/arms-and-armour-asia-121/index.html
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2021, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 121,552
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2021, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 121,552
Hi,
This sword belongs to me and I am as...
Hi,
This sword belongs to me and I am as sure as I can be that it is all original and not a composite. I termed this sword as Sukhela as the blade has the flexibility to conform to the type. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th August 2021, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2021, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 20,785
Hi Rick,
Very neat piece, I was...
Hi Rick,
Very neat piece, I was unaware that a blade was sometimes concealed in these. I have attached two photos of some I found the 'plainer' of the two is tagged as Greek the other...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th August 2021, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 104,144
Hi,
Not necessarily and probably not. Many...
Hi,
Not necessarily and probably not. Many blades of the latter 18thC have fullers that run to the point. I have several with this on both straight and curved blades.
Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2021, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 24,391
Hi Kubur,
Thanks for the info. Re...
Hi Kubur,
Thanks for the info. Re the availability of these. They don't appear to be common where I am but it is possibly different for you. I can only find two more examples with the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2021, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 24,391
Hi Fernando,
An interesting...
Hi Fernando,
An interesting piece. I guess the system was widespread re the functionality and the form varied from place to place.
My Regards,
Norman.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2021, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 24,391
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2021, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 24,391
Persian ? Powder Flask and Ramrod
Hi,
All steel powder flask 7 1/2 inches at the widest and the ramrod at 13 1/2 inches is obviously pistol sized. I've seen these tagged as Persian, Ottoman, Balkan and Indo-Persian and I have no...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2021, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: European Armoury
7th July 2021, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 24,419
Hi Guys,
Ta very much for the extra...
Hi Guys,
Ta very much for the extra info. I came across this 10yr old post by happenstance and realised that I had not added the info that I had received from the Berne Museum. It was an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2021, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 67,097
Hi,
Quill points survived in Infantry...
Hi,
Quill points survived in Infantry swords, e.g. this French quill point 1845/55 pattern infantry sword of mine is dated 1915 and yes I would think this was to give strength to the point. In...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2021, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 24,419
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2021, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 67,097
Hi Kubur,
My reading is that the...
Hi Kubur,
My reading is that the yelman would assist in cutting, attempting to bring forward the centre of percussion, quill point blades were a feature on some European blades to try...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2021, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 79,453
Hi,
An example of double hilt fixing on a...
Hi,
An example of double hilt fixing on a Korean sword. The pommel cap is missing but it looks as if it could have been of a similar variety to mine and the sword in the previous post.
Regards,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2021, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 79,453
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Forum: European Armoury
30th June 2021, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 34,260
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2021, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 26,833
Hi,
My apologies for not getting back to...
Hi,
My apologies for not getting back to you, I missed this post. The two reasons I have read for what one might think of as throwing spears to be shortened was 1) a bring back souvenir, from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2021, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 79,453
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Forum: European Armoury
21st June 2021, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 36,932
Hi,
I suspect Rick is correct and this is a...
Hi,
I suspect Rick is correct and this is a reworked machete blade. The crowned V.R. could easily be a manufacturers way of giving his goods a stamp of perceived quality rather than a British...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th June 2021, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 38,072
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th June 2021, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 79,453
Hi,
Also from the above publication.
...
Hi,
Also from the above publication.
'Another method used a cooper pin like the Mekugi just above the sword guard, and a tube inserted into a hole in the handle, to which a tassel was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th June 2021, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 7
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