Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2011, 02:45 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2011, 06:37 AM
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Singing Swords
Yesterday, I was cleaning a group of blades which I kept close-by, stored vertically within a bucket. When I removed one, I was surprised to hear this very pleasant melodous tone, that lasted about...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st January 2011, 01:43 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2011, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,929
Hi Guys,
All the Nepalese (and Thais!) I...
Hi Guys,
All the Nepalese (and Thais!) I have met, have characteristically been extremely courteous and pleasant. A close friend being a member of their Royal family, I had the frequent...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2011, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,929
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Forum: European Armoury
29th January 2011, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,585
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2011, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,585
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2011, 09:36 PM
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Views: 14,585
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Forum: European Armoury
28th January 2011, 03:10 AM
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Views: 29,604
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Forum: European Armoury
27th January 2011, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 24
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Forum: European Armoury
27th January 2011, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 14,585
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Forum: European Armoury
27th January 2011, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,544
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Forum: European Armoury
27th January 2011, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,562
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2011, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,883
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2011, 07:30 PM
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Views: 37,220
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2011, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,562
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2011, 04:27 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 16,096
Hi Trond, welcome to the forum.
I believe...
Hi Trond, welcome to the forum.
I believe we have corresponded in the past on the subject of Danish weaponry.
I frankly envy your collection. Mine is meek by comparison, but I have collected...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th January 2011, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,562
V ery B eautiful B oth : )
I think the...
V ery B eautiful B oth : )
I think the latin motto roughly translates into
"Good is [so] for [those] Good and Bad, Bad (Evil?) is neither for [those] Good or Bad"
M
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2011, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,653
Hi Alex,
Gold?
You mean...
Hi Alex,
Gold?
You mean brass/laiton/laton don't you?
I have cleaned the metal. no oils remain.
Do you mean to polish the metal until no nremain?
How would you etch the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2011, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,883
Puņal Filipino?
Hi Guys,
Another of my impromptu acquisitions, I believe it is a filipino dagger, or Puņal. Quite dainty, in fact wifey loves it. Any extra info on its origins? Seems like a beautiful cousin to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2011, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,653
Persian-Iranian 17th C Lance Point?
Hi, I recently acquired a reportedly 17th C Persian-Iranian Lance Point, but frankly, I have no idea if this is truly the case. Also, I can't read the inscriptions, if that's what the artwork is. Is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2011, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 28,769
Hi Kahnjar,
Thanks for the extra info. I...
Hi Kahnjar,
Thanks for the extra info. I thought that the pommel's promontories depicted the Kaaba Mosque, and that made the style Meccan. Although the other example I saw had a different...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2011, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 28,769
Thank you very much, Dom. Yet, now I'm more...
Thank you very much, Dom. Yet, now I'm more confused!
Pardon my blatant ignorance.
My scabbard is 135 degs. bent. It doesn't then follow either Omani, Saudi, Emirati or Yemeni customs!
...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2011, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 28,769
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2011, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 28,769
Hi Battara,
That's precisely the issue. I...
Hi Battara,
That's precisely the issue. I have seen many jambiyas id'ed as Omani with this very same T-feature.
I have also seen pictures of Yemeni merchants selling these T-Pommels on their...
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