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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th October 2017, 03:09 AM
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Circassians wearing armor.

Circassians wearing armor.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th October 2017, 08:51 AM
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Afghan with choora dagger.

Afghan with choora dagger.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th August 2017, 04:26 AM
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Georgian warriors, the illustration is from...

Georgian warriors, the illustration is from "Savage Svānetia "volume 2, by Clive Phillips-Wolley, 1883.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2017, 02:26 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Nice examples, they seem to fit the descriptions...

Nice examples, they seem to fit the descriptions of the website.....maybe these similar types from the same region are all "mukahla / moukhala"?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th July 2017, 01:15 AM
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Stu, I do not have Tirri's book, but according to...

Stu, I do not have Tirri's book, but according to the website, an "Affendali" would have "the barrel and the barrel are strongly bonded together by a broad band of iron about 8 cm. This fitting is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 01:10 PM
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Posted By estcrh
The barrel and the barrel are strongly bonded...

The barrel and the barrel are strongly bonded together by a broad band of iron about 8 cm. This fitting is found on all the rifles of the south of Morocco (AFEDALI, ALTIT and TAOUZILT) and not on the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 11:16 AM
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Posted By estcrh
I have never seen another axe like it. I guess we...

I have never seen another axe like it. I guess we are very lucky to have this one photograph even. Here is a link to a Khazak museum with some info and a few images that are to small to post here....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 09:02 AM
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Posted By estcrh
I also noticed it. I think it is a knife, there...

I also noticed it. I think it is a knife, there appears to be an attachment point near the middle. I also see some sort of suspension strap, which makes sense since you could not wrap your hand...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 08:47 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Stu, I see some very similar guns being described...

Stu, I see some very similar guns being described as "afedali", I am not very familiar with the terms used with North African guns, maybe someone can explain what makes a gun an "afedali". I have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 02:28 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Karbadian warrior, North Caucasus mountains, in...

Karbadian warrior, North Caucasus mountains, in armour, wearing a helmet and hauberk, with kindjal dagger and shashka sword, holding a whip in his hand, circa 1890's. Kabardians are the largest...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 01:57 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Kazakh warrior wearing a helmet with mail...

Kazakh warrior wearing a helmet with mail aventail and mail hauberk, he is holding an axe, a matchlock with bipod and huge composite bow are in the backround. The Kazakh Khanate was a Turkic Kazakh...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th July 2017, 01:46 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Indian Kuttuk horseman in armour, 1861?. The...

Indian Kuttuk horseman in armour, 1861?. The Khuttuk clans inhabit a tract of hilly country lying south and south-west of Kohat, and including spurs of the great Sooliman range from Dullun, on the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2017, 10:42 AM
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Posted By estcrh
I have seen bipods on Tibetan and Afghan long...

I have seen bipods on Tibetan and Afghan long guns and on one Persian example.

The Afghan Joozaeel or Mountain Rifle.
On Stone by J.Bennett. T. Black, Lith Cal. 1840.
Lithograph, rare. Sheet 115...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2017, 03:19 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Would this particular type of musket be called a...

Would this particular type of musket be called a Moroccan afedali snaphaunce lock musket? I originally had it as a kabyle (moukhala) musket.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2017, 02:11 AM
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Posted By estcrh
New images from old ones.

Here is an higher resolution image of one that was previously posted here. It shows two Afghans with jezail muskets. The image was large enough to see the karud dagger that one of them is wearing.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th July 2017, 08:19 PM
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Posted By estcrh
There are a few more partial showings of khyber...

There are a few more partial showings of khyber knives and one pistol.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th July 2017, 04:48 PM
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Posted By estcrh
Afghan Afridi warriors, a good look reveals that...

Afghan Afridi warriors, a good look reveals that two of them are wearing khyber knives, something not often seen.

High resolution image....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th July 2017, 04:44 PM
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Posted By estcrh
Thanks for pointing that out!

Thanks for pointing that out!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th July 2017, 05:57 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Bodyguard of the Sultan, Djokjakarta, Java, c1923.

Bodyguard of the Sultan, Djokjakarta, Java, c1923.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th July 2017, 03:24 AM
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Posted By estcrh
This image was posted already but I found a much...

This image was posted already but I found a much larger one.

Moroccan man wearing a genoui (janwi) dagger and holding a kabyle (moukhala) musket, 1875-1890.

High resolution image...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd July 2017, 08:01 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Indian mounted warrior.

Here are two rare photographs, they show what was certainly among the very last of the mounted Indian warriors. I found the first photo awhile back, recently I ran into the second photo. These two...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd July 2017, 07:41 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Thanks, I was looking for this exact image but...

Thanks, I was looking for this exact image but could not find it.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st July 2017, 09:51 PM
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Posted By estcrh
Actually the words "Hyundai" were spelled out on...

Actually the words "Hyundai" were spelled out on one of the wooden rails of the cart, it has since been edited out. I have no idea how old the colorized version is but I posted it as an example of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st July 2017, 07:39 AM
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Posted By estcrh
Rare Korean photographs showing armor being worn.

Korean brigandine armor and helmets being worn, very late 1800s to very early 1900s.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th July 2017, 08:05 PM
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Posted By estcrh
I said that the "backround" figures may represent...

I said that the "backround" figures may represent Afghans.
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