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Forum: Swap Forum 29th April 2026, 04:24 AM
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Posted By Oliver Pinchot
TORADAR PACKAGE DEAL

Toradars for restoration, everything in the pic for $425, free shipping to continental U.S. addresses only. First response gets them.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th April 2026, 08:27 PM
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Views: 3,875
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Smile Sorry, that doesn't come into it. The point is...

Sorry, that doesn't come into it. The point is that the matchlock ignition system remained in use into the twentieth century. What they were shooting at doesn't bear on it. And I'm pretty sure...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th April 2026, 04:02 PM
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Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Hi Dave, that logic follows in Western Europe,...

Hi Dave, that logic follows in Western Europe, however in India and other parts of Asia, the matchlock never went out of use. Certain Himalayan groups still hunted with them into the 1960s.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th April 2026, 04:13 AM
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Posted By Oliver Pinchot
This is a mid-19th century Indian military...

This is a mid-19th century Indian military matchlock. Note the lug for a bayonet. Some of these were made with a sprung pan cover which retracts when the trigger is pulled and then snaps back in...
Forum: Swap Forum 15th November 2025, 11:30 PM
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Views: 10,069
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Auctions Imperial Winter Sale Saturday, Nov 29th

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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th October 2025, 10:19 PM
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Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Almost certainly a tourist item.

Almost certainly a tourist item.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd September 2025, 05:00 PM
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Views: 23,209
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Hi Lee, This is from the Ottoman Plain...

Hi Lee,

This is from the Ottoman Plain Tradition, during which silver (also copper and brass) was permitted its moment. This period lasted about 50 years in the latter 18th century. I have seen...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th July 2025, 04:50 PM
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Views: 25,363
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
It's Yemeni, Eftihis

It's Yemeni, Eftihis
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd July 2025, 05:03 AM
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Views: 15,154
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Your axe is from Darfur. Auctions Imperial sold...

Your axe is from Darfur. Auctions Imperial sold one of this form named to Sultan Ali Dinar of Darfur (r. 1891-1916) in 2018. Interesting that this type is very similar to examples depicted on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th June 2025, 02:35 PM
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Views: 16,032
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
In the case of this sword, the question is moot. ...

In the case of this sword, the question is moot.
The inscription reads Mash'Allah, meaning God has willed it,
rather than Assad Allah.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th May 2025, 11:13 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 208,227
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
It seems you have exhausted this thread. Your...

It seems you have exhausted this thread. Your reasoning vis a vis this illustration is nebulous. As you noted, it's Orientalist work, and not very good at that. It's clear it was done by an...
Forum: Swap Forum 30th April 2025, 03:18 AM
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Views: 36,669
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Telephone bidding is still available. Please...

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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th April 2025, 03:12 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 208,227
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
I doubt very much if most Persian smiths were...

I doubt very much if most Persian smiths were even aware of any such thing, other than literary references to Dhul-Faqar.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th April 2025, 04:34 PM
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Views: 208,227
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
At the earliest, this blade could be late 17th c....

At the earliest, this blade could be late 17th c. Much likelier mid-late 18th century. The guard is 18th century. Where it was found doesn't impact its origins, it is Persian, plain and simple. That...
Forum: Swap Forum 27th April 2025, 07:05 PM
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Posted By Oliver Pinchot
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2025, 07:52 PM
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Views: 78,801
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
More like two, even three

More like two, even three
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2025, 07:04 PM
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Views: 78,801
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Well explicated, Jim. The connection is fairly...

Well explicated, Jim.
The connection is fairly simple-- the dominant Islamic culture in that region for centuries was the Ottoman. As I discussed in On the Persian Shamshir (2001, available here:...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2025, 12:44 AM
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Views: 78,801
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Mark on kaskara blade

The unusual engraved mark on the kaskara blade pictured is a simplification of the Ottoman tughra. When oriented properly it is quite clear.
Forum: Swap Forum 29th October 2024, 04:33 PM
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Views: 14,186
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th January 2024, 07:39 PM
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Views: 30,985
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Sorry to say, nothing about this sword is 17th or...

Sorry to say, nothing about this sword is 17th or even 18th century, nor Ottoman.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd January 2024, 09:34 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 86,738
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
It isn't Armenian, though some of the characters...

It isn't Armenian, though some of the characters are similar to Armenian, also to Russian. They were likely intended to seem like a foreign inscription, rather than any particular meaning per se.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th May 2023, 11:43 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 14,760
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Kilic means a sword in Turkish. Pala refers to...

Kilic means a sword in Turkish. Pala refers to this particular type of sword.

This example is Persian work, mid-19th c at the earliest. The blade is almost certainly wootz, should respond easily...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th May 2023, 09:20 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 15,489
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Thanks, much appreciated. Anyone else?

Thanks, much appreciated. Anyone else?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th May 2023, 06:59 PM
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Views: 15,489
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
Sorry, not clear-- have you read the book? ...

Sorry, not clear-- have you read the book?

Thanks
Forum: Swap Forum 16th May 2023, 06:50 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 8,525
Posted By Oliver Pinchot
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