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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th November 2024, 03:06 PM
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Posted By Lee
and here is my battered old example that seems to...

and here is my battered old example that seems to have a similar locking mechanism: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=217284&postcount=15
Forum: European Armoury 25th October 2024, 04:18 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,408
Posted By Lee
Fernando, may he Rest in Peace

It is with sadness that I announce that Fernando passed away on October 15 in hospital following a debilitating illness of several months duration. He led a full and interesting life and the world is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th October 2024, 08:24 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,419
Posted By Lee
A big Khyber knife. Here is another of similar...

A big Khyber knife. Here is another of similar size from Lew Waldman's collection: http://vikingsword.com/lew/w0133/w0133.html
Forum: European Armoury 30th September 2024, 02:46 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 33,462
Posted By Lee
In the relevant times, European "trade" blades...

In the relevant times, European "trade" blades were widely exported and may be seen in a wide variety of regional mountings: Tuareg takoubas, Sudanese kaskaras, Mexican espada anchas and, yes,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th August 2024, 02:15 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 18,596
Posted By Lee
You are welcome to discuss nihonto and related...

You are welcome to discuss nihonto and related topics here. I am a regular reader of the NMB and I recommend that venue. I also recognize that the general ethnographic arms collector may have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st July 2024, 04:42 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 21,595
Posted By Lee
Exclamation OK, I see and appreciate the humor, but NO more...

OK, I see and appreciate the humor, but NO more politics unless you want to take a vacation from here until the election is passed.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd July 2024, 01:40 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 20,598
Posted By Lee
Spearheads can be so tough to identify as the...

Spearheads can be so tough to identify as the same form - that works - has been repeated in so many times and places. The patina is very convincing for authenticity, a European excavated example from...
Forum: European Armoury 18th July 2024, 11:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 15,094
Posted By Lee
I wonder if that recess is for the upper locket...

I wonder if that recess is for the upper locket of the scabbard to fit into. In the second picture, it appears that the crossguard is anchored to the pin securing the grips.
Forum: European Armoury 13th July 2024, 02:22 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 47,307
Posted By Lee
I would be pleased to have such provenance on...

I would be pleased to have such provenance on more of my own collection, such as it is.

I wonder if the pristine areas reflect so-called glodeskall?



From Swords of the Viking Age
Forum: European Armoury 12th July 2024, 04:35 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 47,307
Posted By Lee
In answer of Esotec's original question, I...

In answer of Esotec's original question, I stumbled upon this sequence as translated by Google on pdf page 99, original page 195:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th July 2024, 01:04 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 22,724
Posted By Lee
I, too, like this little knife. The form surely...

I, too, like this little knife. The form surely does remind one of a tanto in shirasaya, though the construction details are different. Of course, these are clearly simple working mountings rather...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th July 2024, 12:39 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 37,575
Posted By Lee
I am, unfortunately, suspicious of the manner in...

I am, unfortunately, suspicious of the manner in which this axe head was made, as it appears to be a product of a more modern casting process rather than hand forging. Axes, like spears, can be so...
Forum: European Armoury 12th July 2024, 02:00 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 47,307
Posted By Lee
Very interesting! It appears that the eye is...

Very interesting! It appears that the eye is somewhat collapsed and has lost considerable material on one side. Direct-on views of the more intact side might help. It is absolutely amazing how much...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th July 2024, 05:05 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 22,587
Posted By Lee
In some cases, the disc pommel is a strip of...

In some cases, the disc pommel is a strip of leather wound around over itself, see this old posting. (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=106483&postcount=10)
Forum: European Armoury 11th June 2024, 05:22 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 24,113
Posted By Lee
Better late than never

Here is an image of the end of the hilt:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th May 2024, 06:21 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 27,555
Posted By Lee
Cool Names of variations on Taureg swords and spears

Just over two decades ago there was a brief window when tourism into Tuareg territory was not strongly discouraged and attempts to develop tourism were at their peak. This ended one night when...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2024, 07:52 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 33,082
Posted By Lee
Heirlooms, not late 19th century militaria

I think David is correct in reading the tag Daho.

I found two more in my brace of Southeast Asian spears that have a reinforcing tie of the head to the pole, one is again wire but the other is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2024, 01:40 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 33,082
Posted By Lee
Always nice seeing another of these budiak...

Always nice seeing another of these budiak spears! Here is an old thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12397) with a few more examples where the head is wired to the shaft, though...
Forum: European Armoury 8th May 2024, 04:04 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,816
Posted By Lee
Unhappy This forum exists so that collectors may receive...

This forum exists so that collectors may receive assistance from more experienced collectors, even when the truth is not pleasant. I discovered the website that I linked to above after I bought a...
Forum: European Armoury 7th May 2024, 01:06 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,816
Posted By Lee
Here is a very good axe identification website...

Here is a very good axe identification website (https://www.furtradetomahawks.com/).
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd May 2024, 06:00 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 16,312
Posted By Lee
The bright spots on the OP's blade in linear...

The bright spots on the OP's blade in linear groups remind me of nie or larger martensite crystals that may be seen in Japanese swords. David's attribution to quenching effects is probably correct.
Forum: European Armoury 29th April 2024, 01:51 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 24,113
Posted By Lee
Thank you Gentlemen! I acquired this knife...

Thank you Gentlemen!

I acquired this knife about two decades ago at the London Park Lane Arms Fair from a then regularly participating dealer.

I will prepare an image of the butt end of the...
Forum: European Armoury 28th April 2024, 08:21 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 24,113
Posted By Lee
Scottish Sgian Dubh?

Not only a little too big to be the small knife carried in a dirk's scabbard but also having its own hardened leather sheath makes me suspect this is a sgian dubh. Unfortunately, the cap of the hilt...
Forum: European Armoury 27th April 2024, 06:25 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 10,388
Posted By Lee
Scottish Dirk, dated 1785

I was watching Kidnapped last night, admiring the dirks and remembered this example dated 1785 on the hard leather sheath. Overall sheathed length 46.3 cm with a 33.3 cm blade that becomes...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th April 2024, 04:45 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,915
Posted By Lee
Smile Another variation on the same theme

I believe this example, framed under glass perhaps to deter young hands, dates to the Vietnam War era. An inscription on the back is faded, but this appears to have been sent by a serviceman in the...
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