Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
Yesterday, 07:22 PM
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Jim,
Here's a 2015 thread that noted...
Jim,
Here's a 2015 thread that noted half-moons on European swords back at least to the mid-18th C. The styles and details are varied enough for them to be wide spread.
Also, Post #4 has blade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2025, 09:51 PM
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Yuri,
I agree with your Kassala attribution....
Yuri,
I agree with your Kassala attribution. I know nothing re the maker's mark. Note the Beja/Hadendawa tassel below the pommel.
The cross guard shows what are likely incomplete forge welds...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2025, 01:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2025, 06:03 PM
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Yuri,
Those 19. C travelers'/explorers'...
Yuri,
Those 19. C travelers'/explorers' reports are unfortunately all we have on the life styles and weapons of the Arabized and Black inhabitants of the Sahel. But we are also very fortunate to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2025, 03:01 AM
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Jim,
Thanks for updating the info on...
Jim,
Thanks for updating the info on travelers accounts, etc. You and I along with others mainly Iain Norman have pretty well plowed these fields, but much remains for Pertinax to provide fresh...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2025, 05:28 PM
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TVV, Jim, Good observations.
It could be...
TVV, Jim, Good observations.
It could be that the "kaskara" began to get its distinctive style via the relative flat ends of the Sennariya cross guard. Likely made in Sennar by local blacksmiths...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2025, 05:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2025, 01:35 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 08:37 PM
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Jim,
I just now reading "Travels in Nubia"...
Jim,
I just now reading "Travels in Nubia" 1819 by Burckhardt. having wadded through the intro. I think Nubia part starts on p.113 after a long intro in Roman numerals. His accounts are the main...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 03:30 AM
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Jim,
I went back down the Rabbit Hole....
Jim,
I went back down the Rabbit Hole. Here's an article on the fate of the Mamluks in Sudan. Pretty well got whittled away over the years. Fought local tribes. Apparently didn't develop a polity....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 01:27 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2025, 12:26 AM
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Changdao,
Good observation!! The Kingdom of...
Changdao,
Good observation!! The Kingdom of Fazughli was a connection between the Funj and Ethiopia. The possible Ethiopian influence on the kaskara are shown on p. 10-11, Figs. 10, 11 & 12 of my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th August 2025, 09:58 PM
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Jim,
A complex list of queries. I'll try to...
Jim,
A complex list of queries. I'll try to respond after a fashion.
A group of Mamluk "refugees" fled to the Dongola region of N. Sudan in 1812 and influenced the area until 1820 when the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2025, 10:51 PM
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Jim,
I agree. From the Egyptian "conquest"...
Jim,
I agree. From the Egyptian "conquest" of Sudan in 1821 until the Mahdiya beginning in 1885 there was a considerable different kinds of swords deployed in Sudan. The Funj mounted guards used...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th August 2025, 03:11 PM
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To me this sword is not a Kaskara, likely...
To me this sword is not a Kaskara, likely "invented" in mid-19th C. The handle has none of the design elements of a kaskara. The cross guard is close and looks like those cast brass elements from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2025, 03:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2025, 02:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2025, 02:53 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2025, 02:01 AM
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Quote: Is their worth found in craftsmanship,...
Quote: Is their worth found in craftsmanship, aesthetic beauty, or perhaps the legendary aura we project onto them? Are these objects truly part of our cultural heritage or only a select few? Or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2025, 08:26 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd July 2025, 05:31 PM
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Sorry guys, Eastwood used a Remington in Pale...
Sorry guys, Eastwood used a Remington in Pale Rider. Here's an AI search:
In the movie Pale Rider (1985), Clint Eastwood's character, "Preacher," uses a Remington 1858 New Army revolver. The gun...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd July 2025, 07:08 PM
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Ian,
Your 'sword" may be a tool rather than...
Ian,
Your 'sword" may be a tool rather than a weapon, as Jim suggests. The interiors of the point elements are aligned. Also the roots of the points have been relieved like to accommodate or catch...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 01:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2025, 01:47 AM
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5,000 Year Old Swords: Worlds Oldest
Found in Eastern Turkey.
The World’s Oldest Swords Discovered at Arslantepe Mound
The same question we collectors still ask:
Quoted from article:
"Were these swords wielded in battle or simply...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2025, 08:01 PM
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