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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th June 2025, 09:50 AM
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Posted By Ian
Wonderful rundown of this highly unusual sword...

Wonderful rundown of this highly unusual sword Yuri. Thanks to Oliver also, and other contributors, for this most interesting discussion.

Ian
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th June 2025, 08:05 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 10,696
Posted By Ian
Rob, Coming back to your knife at the start...

Rob,

Coming back to your knife at the start of this thread, I think it might be an example from the area where the s'boula and shula coexist on Waelty's map. In other words, a local hybrid of the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th June 2025, 07:39 PM
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Views: 10,696
Posted By Ian
Jim and Detlef, Hans Waelty's book offers...

Jim and Detlef,

Hans Waelty's book offers some insight into the S'boula/Shula distinction. The online selection has the following map and I reproduce it here under the principle of "fair use" for...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th June 2025, 06:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,200
Posted By Ian
Thanks Wayne.

Thanks Wayne.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th June 2025, 03:08 PM
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Views: 2,200
Posted By Ian
Wayne, is this sword presently offered for sale...

Wayne, is this sword presently offered for sale to you?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th June 2025, 12:29 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,344
Posted By Ian
:D:D:D

:D:D:D
Forum: Swap Forum 7th June 2025, 12:25 AM
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Views: 2,210
Posted By Ian
Exclamation Over to Swap ...

Hi Gsingh.

Welcome to the Forums.

Requests to purchase items are confined to the Swap Forum, so I'm transferring your thread over there. Members will not be able to respond directly in that...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th June 2025, 02:05 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,344
Posted By Ian
Thanks Norman. Very nice example--your wife has...

Thanks Norman. Very nice example--your wife has good taste.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd June 2025, 11:53 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 33,471
Posted By Ian
Smile That's much better. :):):) Those both look...

That's much better. :):):)

Those both look older examples. The more elongated, less "globular," pommel on the bottom one looks like an older style, and the top one has a brass/bronze ferrule that...
Forum: Swap Forum 2nd June 2025, 11:41 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 5,399
Posted By Ian
Exclamation Moving to Swap Forum

Hello OAC.

Since your post involves purchasing items, it is best displayed in the "Swap Forum" area of this site. I'm moving it over there. If people have comments to make, they can be sent to you...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st June 2025, 07:27 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,344
Posted By Ian
I have been looking up these umbrella (mostly...

I have been looking up these umbrella (mostly parasols) silver handles.

Silver parasol hilts were popular in Victorian times into the early 20th C. Antique British, European, and Asian (Chinese,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2025, 01:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,950
Posted By Ian
Hi Richard, Thanks for posting pictures of...

Hi Richard,

Thanks for posting pictures of this sword. This is an Indian sword, one of a group of swords that are generally referred to as tulwar. The style of your blade derives from the Ottoman...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2025, 01:04 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,666
Posted By Ian
Exclamation Picture of whole sword needed ...

nihung11,

Welcome to the Forums! We hope you enjoy your stay here.

Please note the requirements when asking for a translation. These are listed in a "sticky" towards the top of the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th May 2025, 02:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,561
Posted By Ian
Status symbol? Parade use? Movie prop? Piece of...

Status symbol? Parade use? Movie prop? Piece of art? It does not seem to have been produced as a weapon.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th May 2025, 02:15 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 33,471
Posted By Ian
Hi drac, Very nice gunong in heavy silver mounts....

Hi drac, Very nice gunong in heavy silver mounts. I think these are all 20th C examples, whereas this thread has been focussing on earlier pieces with brass/bronze ferrules and guards.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th May 2025, 02:51 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 10,965
Posted By Ian
Rob, you are correct. It is just a sample. I had...

Rob, you are correct. It is just a sample. I had scrolled to the end of the online link and found page 184, thinking that it was the whole book! But unfortunately it's just selections from throughout...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th May 2025, 12:13 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 33,471
Posted By Ian
Here's another one with the older style of brass...

Here's another one with the older style of brass ferrule and guard, similar to others shown in this thread. The blade may be a recycled end portion of a Moro kris. The scabbard appears to be newer...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th May 2025, 07:04 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 10,965
Posted By Ian
Rob, Attached is the Table of Contents for...

Rob,

Attached is the Table of Contents for the Waelty book. As shown, it includes discussion of the Firearms of Morocco, plus Sabers (nimcha), and "Other Arms." Quite a comprehensive coverage....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd May 2025, 11:58 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,885
Posted By Ian
Jim, Your pata seems a little unusual in...

Jim,

Your pata seems a little unusual in orientation to me. The grip and forearm protection appear to be at a distinct angle to the orientation of the blade. If the blade tip pointed upward when...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd May 2025, 11:41 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 10,965
Posted By Ian
gp, Thanks for posting access to this...

gp,

Thanks for posting access to this excellent thesis. It is very well illustrated and the French is fairly easy to navigate, even for someone with a few years of secondary school instruction in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th May 2025, 07:47 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,131
Posted By Ian
Iain, Thank you again for your knowledge on...

Iain,

Thank you again for your knowledge on these swords. Scott Rodell has noted that hilts of circular cross-section, resembling daab from Laos and Thailand, are found on southern Vietnamese...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th May 2025, 07:29 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,344
Posted By Ian
Thanks guys. You confirmed my suspicions about...

Thanks guys. You confirmed my suspicions about the hilt. This is now the second example of a fancy umbrella handle added to a daab that I have come across. Any ides what the two small rings may have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th May 2025, 03:29 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,131
Posted By Ian
Iain, Thank you for your confident...

Iain,

Thank you for your confident identification of this piece and its features. Do you find the manner in which the blade curves is typical for these swords? To my eye the curvature seems to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th May 2025, 02:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 9,810
Posted By Ian
Iain, Thanks for posting this sword. Most...

Iain,

Thanks for posting this sword. Most interesting decoration and silver work.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2025, 01:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,131
Posted By Ian
Unusual daab/darv (2)

This one was sold recently by a German Auction House (H.H.) who labeled it as a "Myanmese dha." Again, I question that designation. Of note is a small habaki-like copper band at forte, a small disc...
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