Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2026, 06:40 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th July 2026, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,258
Hello, Thanks a lot Battara for your message;
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Hello, Thanks a lot Battara for your message;
I’m attaching two photos of the pommel and the scabbard mount taken before cleaning.
As often, I may have cleaned everything a bit too thoroughly....
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Forum: European Armoury
30th June 2026, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: European Armoury
30th June 2026, 03:29 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th June 2026, 05:03 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2026, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 17,337
Hello,
Thank you,
Trench axe can be the...
Hello,
Thank you,
Trench axe can be the right one,
Or else, I thought too about firemen axe
Just let in the ground for some decade / a century
Maybe sufficient for have this patina.
I"ll ...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd June 2026, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 17,337
Medieval ? Iron spiked Axe / boarding axe ?
Hello dear members,
I just won a lot of antique axe heads and spears
and I wanted your opinion about the one at the top.
It's the one that was the most described and as follows:
A medieval...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th May 2026, 05:29 AM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2026, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 14,207
Excellent,
thank you very much Martin and...
Excellent,
thank you very much Martin and Patterson for your messages.
For my part, I found very different information.
Identical handles for a dagger from the Balkans,
another that looks very...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2026, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 14,207
Tunisian? dagger.
Hello everyone,
I recently acquired this lovely dagger with bone handle,
I think it's North African, possibly Tunisian?
Does.anyone know the hallmark ?
Maghreb, Spanish and ottoman influence...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2026, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,726
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2026, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,726
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2026, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,726
Thank you all for your message
and the good...
Thank you all for your message
and the good news
Strange the choice of hippo for the hilt,
Do they import it from Africa ?
If I am not wrong, they aren’t hippo in Indonesia and Asia.
I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2026, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,726
( how ) Old ? Rencong dagger
Hello everyone,
I acquired this nice dagger.
Reasonable price,
It's said to be very old, from the early 19th century, but I doubt it unless it's been extremely cleaned. The ferrule seems to be...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st March 2026, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 25,696
Thank you again Reventlov, I will try
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Thank you again Reventlov, I will try
Regarding handles covered in ray ( or shark ) skin swords:
We are used to seeing katanas and other Japanese swords, recent and very old,as well as Chinese...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th March 2026, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 25,696
Thank you for the message and informations,
...
Thank you for the message and informations,
I was in Florence two years ago and visit the Bargello museum but I miss it 🤦
So much to see...
Do you know if we can find/buy an english version...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2026, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 25,696
old moorish sword ?
Hello dear members,
What do you think of this sword,
Said to be moorish from the 13th century.
Original ?
Strange the shagreen covered hilt, later replacement ?
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2026, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 42,424
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
18th February 2026, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
17th February 2026, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 14,661
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th February 2026, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 32,542
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Forum: European Armoury
1st February 2026, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 18,393
Ausjulius, have you 1-2 pictures of the 1880...
Ausjulius, have you 1-2 pictures of the 1880 Norman sword or similar exemple
for comparison and just for pleasure to see it,
Usually , 19th reproductions would look lîke original old models,...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th January 2026, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 18,393
I'll be less harsh than my comrades.
The...
I'll be less harsh than my comrades.
The leather-covered guard is old, and the wide, flat, and sharp blade as you said , which shows clearly some age and is made of quality steel, reminds me of my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2026, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,922
HAPPY 2026 !!!!
I saw no thread this year ;
Try to believe it !!! 🙂🥳💪🍀
Happy 2026 to you, friends and family
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
24th December 2025, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 12,377
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