Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2024, 04:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2024, 03:50 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th July 2024, 07:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2024, 07:34 PM
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van Gogh Zeybek yatagan translation assistance
Dear fellow members,
I found this T-handled (Zeybek) yatagan, unfortunately it's missing an ear.
It was brown but cleand up rather easliy, and from under the rust some insriptions appeared. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th April 2024, 01:09 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2024, 10:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2024, 08:01 PM
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Lovely exotic knife! With some sort of...
Lovely exotic knife! With some sort of psychological test included; just like the Batman logo where I see a mouth missing teeth, in this case there is a face in the "negative".
Kind regards,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2024, 09:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2024, 11:50 AM
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Kindjal Arabic(?) translation help
dear members,
I got this basic kindjal which has what seems an arabic inscription. Some of the characters look like numbers to me but I don't understand why these are being mixed with letters and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th September 2023, 09:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2023, 09:23 PM
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oh, and about tight fitting; i've once seen a...
oh, and about tight fitting; i've once seen a docmentary about the production of high end (english) double barreled hunting guns, when fitting parts the gunsmith held them over a small flame to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2023, 09:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2023, 08:55 PM
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Hello Phil,
that is a gorgeous and cute, I...
Hello Phil,
that is a gorgeous and cute, I really love the fullering!
Good to learn it is really for children. I happen to have a sibling which is curved, offset single fuller. The thingy in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2023, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2023, 03:50 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2023, 03:40 PM
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Well, as promised there it is. From the raw...
Well, as promised there it is. From the raw waterbuffalo horn to end product. The shaping done with saw and mainly a finetoothed rasp. Based on several examples and having some scrap alpaca (Berlin...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2023, 05:39 PM
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so much for my creative thoughts... the...
so much for my creative thoughts... the slot-hole-slot design would fit a winged nut perfectly but if there where none (not exactly, but alike) then I throw the towel :-)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2023, 05:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th August 2023, 05:29 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2023, 08:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2023, 04:39 PM
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Thanks Ren Ren,
I intend to recreate a...
Thanks Ren Ren,
I intend to recreate a handle with black buffalo horn and plain iron studs. It doesn't feel like a fancy piece that would have had marine ivory and precious metals. Besides that,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2023, 07:19 PM
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dear gents, thanks so much for the info. The...
dear gents, thanks so much for the info. The combined knowledge here is great! I already suspected the tip was changed as the grooves are "running straight off" the blade instead of following the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2023, 02:22 PM
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Kindjal, etching / origin assistance
Dear members, just received this kindjal blade which has a worn etching near the base. Maybe someone is able to recognize the entire stamp (which is probably not unique) or the top word in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd August 2023, 02:06 PM
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Yes I might do that some time. Braiding is an...
Yes I might do that some time. Braiding is an artform in itself and requires a lot of patience for the bigger ones. Turkish head knot is relatively easy but the wider knots, Spanish ring knot,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st July 2023, 08:18 PM
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Hi Willem, yes that's it, the hole is coming...
Hi Willem, yes that's it, the hole is coming through at part of the front making the decoration look like a bit like butterfly. Probably wear or by accident, at least I wouldn't make it like that...
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