Khassadars with choora daggers, Waziristan, 1920

Bedouins with spears/ lances

Camel corps of King abdul-Aziz, Head of the Saudis.


In 1902, the Saudi bedouins recapture the Masmak Fort in Riyadh, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was reborn after 3 years of further battles. They surprised the enemy garrison. As they charged the rapidly closing gate, a camel lancer hurled his spear at the gate, the blade stuck in the door, and snapped off. It is still there. They stormed the fort and captured it.



The Camel warriors, the gate, and the fort:

some pics from albania between 1885-1910

Wallachian haiduc (outlaw basically), Iancu Jianu 1788-1843.

pictures of several gaucho's from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina with their facón / knives ( between 25-50cm / approx. 10 - 20 in.)

Middle picture:
Looks like an old Iver Johnson top break revolver w/pearl grips on his belt.
Beautiful kit.

The three in the picture below him all look like they are carrying swords,.

it actually is a caronero; a long knife used by the gauchos.
But it looks that indeed other weapons like swords might have been borrowed...

article called "PROMENADE A TRAVERS LA PAMPA GAUCHO" a walk through the gaucho's pampa from 1881

and how it looked like

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JDDX_z7tT10

and a little info on these long ones:

http://esgrimacriolla.blogspot.com/2...-caronero.html

gp,

I'm not sure those blades are very true to reality. They look more like folding knives, such as navaja, than facón or cuchillo. This could just as well be a Mediterranean scene, despite the legend to the drawing. Popular travelogues from the nineteenth century generally took a lot of license with what they presented, and often times the stories were written by people who had not ventured very far from Europe.

Amen.

I am also very sceptical of the "ice-pick" grip of the blades, which is rare in real life and specialised for a power strike or finishing move. As I understand it Gaucho fought for prestige and to settle disputes usually with a poncho or blanket wrapped round the left arm as a protection.

DUPRÉ, Louis (1789-1837). Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, ou Collection de portraits, de vues et de costumes grecs et ottomans, peints sur les lieux. Paris: Dondey-Dupré, 1825

Ralioundji. Military sailor attached to the Ottoman Admiralty

Excelent image :cool:.

Kalioundji: He looks rather small in proportion to his weapons.:confused::confused:

Whatever ;).

Sharpening Kindjals in Ganja, Azerbaijan

Man from Fèlibè / Plodiv around 1873
Man from Montenegro around 1900 / 1910
Man from Skafia Crete 1880/1900

2 pics from the Georgian tribe of Hevrusians

Those must be drinking horns; I was a bit puzzled about their use initially.

Yep and I can recommend Georgian wine: excellent wine indeed! ☼

DUPRÉ, Louis (1789-1837). Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, ou Collection de portraits, de vues et de costumes grecs et ottomans, peints sur les lieux. Paris: Dondey-Dupré, 1825

A Greek raises his flag on the walls of Salona, on the day of Easter in the year 1821

They say it's so you cant set it down until you've finished your drink!

Kabardino-Balkaria 1913

Svaneti

Karachay-Cherkessia

Adding some photos of Sardinian weapons being carried/worn. These are mostly photos of people wearing the iconic Sardinian leppa but a few are photos of people holding the unique Sardinian style of miquelet musket. Most of these I found on Pinterest, while some were found on Russian sites comparing Sardinian swords to Shashkas. I tried to find the highest quality versions of these photos that I could, but some of these photos are still a bit poor in that regard.

More photos...

Armenians

Mindoro Island
 

Mangyan tribe, Mindoro Philippines

The Armenian princes of Zeytun

Turkmen delegation in St. Petersburg on the occasion of the anniversary of the inclusion of Merv into the Russian Empire. Photo taken in 1900-1910

Northern Albanians

Laz men with "Black Sea Yataghans"

The handwritten caption on this photo seems to identify these men as Kurds. Is this incorrect then?

picture is from a man of the famous Shalla or Shala tribe with Sokol Shpendi as one of their fiercest leaders and warriors


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbfUqRIG-Vc

I also asked a local friend here in Armenia and was told they were more likely Laz than Kurds, but I'm not an expert in this

Batak?
 

I see a piso podang and some interesting spears; not to mention some badiks.
Also the figure on the left seems to have an absurdly large pedang or parang; would love to see what kind of blade is in that scabbard.

Gunsmiths in Bethlehem 1890's

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I don't remember if I have posted this in the thread already.

Interesting Cossack photo of old Scarface...

Came across this depiction of Baboa people wearing their traditional short swords or knives on an ethnographic arms dealer's site.