Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2025, 01:10 AM
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Classic Talibon Hilt w/Atypical Blade
Hi All,
Well, almost classic style hilt since it doesn’t have the rattan ferrule found on classic hilts. Normally, I would say that the ferrule is just missing on my example but the part that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th April 2025, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 9
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Rather Large
Mandich,
I assume that the 106 cm (about 41.75”) head includes the ferrule? Even with that, it’s a big boy. I have a pair of these spears and they both measure (including ferrule) around 85 cm...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2025, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,149
Maker? Why "Special"? Who For?
JeffS,
Thanks for following up on this. I really suspected that the characters are Japanese but I didn’t know for sure. It’s pretty interesting that the translation of the Chinese characters...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2025, 03:58 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,149
Any Idea About Culture of Origin?
Hi All,
I forgot to mention that the blade is single edge with the short bevel providing a false edge at the tip. Does anyone have any idea where this dagger comes from?
Battara,
It would appear...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2025, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,149
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2025, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 13,994
Hilt Matter, Khanjar vs Koummya
Hi All,
There are three koummya shown in this thread that have hilts made of a material other than wood.
Jim McDougall’s example, made of camel bone, has very slight quillons made of metal. I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2025, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 13,994
Status and Utility, Equally Important
Jim McDougall,
Your point about weapons being worn as status and fashion can’t be overemphasized. For anyone of the culture, the sumptuousness of man’s sidearm allowed the viewer to get a good idea...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th March 2025, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 13,994
A Few Responses
kahnjar 1,
When I said that, “I don’t think this knife was made for or worn with any serious belief that it would have to be used in combat”, I was referring specifically to Jim McDougall’s example...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2025, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 13,994
Not A Fighter
Kahnjar 1,
Whether or not they fit the definition of “true” quillons, the typical projections at the base of a koummya serve to prevent the user’s hand from sliding up the hilt on a thrust. I am...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th March 2025, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 13,994
European Blade?
Hi Jim McDougall,
I think your estimate of 1910-1920 is plausible. The French annexed part of Morocco in 1912 and then the Spanish annexed the rest in that same year. Both countries were heavily...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th March 2025, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 27,146
Single Knife Version
Hi All,
They also came as single knives. At 14.625 in (37.1475 cm) long, 2.0625 in (5.23875 cm) wide at the hilt, and almost .25 in (6.35mm) thick (spine at the hilt), my example certainly meets...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2025, 12:47 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 28,709
Maybe Move to Euro Forum?
Geoffrey,
Did you post your request for information on the European forum? If not, maybe it is time to move this thread there. The fact that your koummya has the same stamp as mine is really...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th March 2025, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 28,709
Thanks Marc M
Thanks Marc M.,
I am partial to koummya with really good blades and buy them whenever they are affordable. Ironically, most of the really expensive koummya I see have very ornate sheaths and hilts...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th March 2025, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 28,709
I'm Looking Too
Ian and Jim McDougall,
I couldn’t agree more that motifs are picked up by disparate cultures and repeated. The trick is finding the relevant source for the design. I am going to check out my copy of...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd March 2025, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 28,709
Maker's Mark ID Requested
Hi All,
Because this koummya appears to have a European blade, I was of two minds as to where to post my request. I decided on the ethnographic section rather than the European armory because that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2025, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 47,579
I Know What a Javanese Wedong Looks Like
Sajen,
I am well aware of the form of the Javanese wedong and have an example. When I said that the knife I presented in this post was “some form of Indonesian wedong”, I meant that I believed...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2025, 04:27 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 47,579
Similar Knife
Hi All,
The hilt/ferrule arrangement looks similar to a knife of mine which I had always thought was some form of Indonesian wedong. The ferrule is silver plated steel. The blade is about 7.625 in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd February 2025, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 37,759
Thanks Anyway
AHite,
I have a Philippine sword with a very similar hilt and guard (the blade is completely different though). Because of the hilt and guard similarity, I was wondering if there may have been a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2025, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 37,759
Tang Question
AHite,
Very nice sword you have there. Is the tang threaded into a nut or peened over?
Sincerely,
RobT
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2025, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 46,136
A Question of Cultural Origin
Hi All,
Frankly, I know nothing about mahout arms and equipment so my contention wasn’t whether or not these knives are mahout’s daggers but rather that they don’t all appear to be from the same...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2025, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 46,136
Clarification Requested
Sajen,
When comparing the OP hilt, ferrule, and ricasso to the examples you have submitted, I see similarity but not sameness. In addition, the OP blade with its slightly upswept tip differs...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2025, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 46,136
Not Philippine I Think
Hi All,
I have a good number of Philippine Bowies but nary a one with a fuller so I don’t think that thinreadline’s blade is a repurposed Philippine Bowie. The ricasso is also not something I have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2025, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 35,404
Takouba
Ed,
It is a takouba from North Africa. This type of sword is most famously associated with the Touareg but many other groups carry them. It doesn't look tourist to me. You will soon get a wealth...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2025, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 51,908
Restrictions Based on What Evidence?
Chris Evans,
I quickly read through the legal restrictions for France, Italy, and Spain on the link you posted.
It would appear that France has no restrictions on manufacture, sale, and...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2025, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 51,908
Detlef,
I don’t know if this type of lock is...
Detlef,
I don’t know if this type of lock is illegal to make, sell, and own in France (or in Spain for that matter) but I would bet that it is illegal to carry unless you are hunting or camping....
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