Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2025, 02:21 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st May 2025, 05:37 AM
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Hehe yeah I hope not I have some asmat bows and...
Hehe yeah I hope not I have some asmat bows and arrows about I was fooling with some the other daym. But I'd suspect the idea PNG arrows are poisoned is the bamboo or Palmwoods fighting arrows are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd April 2025, 04:09 PM
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Honestly I've never actually seen a poisoned...
Honestly I've never actually seen a poisoned arrow or spear from PNG.. but it's a diverse place.
There is some isolated groups using blowguns there.. in new Britain anyway ..but the darts are as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2025, 10:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2025, 08:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2025, 07:21 AM
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The Persians in that period produced very large...
The Persians in that period produced very large amounts of swords, mostly shamshir.. for export to the ottoman Empire, Arabia, North Africa and the Caucasus, but they also exported large amounts of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2025, 09:35 AM
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Yep they pack a punch for sure.
The dog would...
Yep they pack a punch for sure.
The dog would not be walking of a blow from these for sure.
There is no written instructions for their use but I have seen some old black and white pictures of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2024, 02:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2024, 05:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2024, 05:02 AM
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A bonan axe
Here is a bonan style of axe, newly made, it cost about 6$ us in a weekend market I attended, they were selling livestock, nuts and metal products mostly.
The axe is basically identical to Mongol...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2024, 04:47 AM
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Bonan belt knife
A bonan belt knife with its original retention thong.
This style typically has a diamond shaped handle crossesction .
The blade is asymmetrical.
The bonan seem to make more than a dozen very...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2024, 04:30 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 04:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 04:50 PM
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Tibetan dog "stick" pocket flail
I purchased several of these in Ganan, a Tibetan city Gansu province in western china.
I've seen these on Tibetans belts in photographs, sometimes with a bunch of keys, typically on a leather thong...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 04:15 PM
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Curious Indonesia hooked knife
I purchased this knife in indonesia so I'd be inclined to presume it originated there.
The leather sheath is interesting.
The handle is buffalo.
The seller thought it might be from Sumatra .....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2024, 03:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2024, 03:01 AM
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i guess int his category of period fantasy...
i guess int his category of period fantasy weapons or souvenir weapons we can add the Persian made and indian made of this type, zulfiker swords, the etched bladed swords with iron handles and some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2024, 02:54 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 08:31 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 08:25 AM
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Interesting, I have never seen these knives...
Interesting, I have never seen these knives associated with Zhuang people.
They are always linked with costal people from Guangdong, northern Vietnam.
Do you have any references or period photos if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 08:04 AM
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Well info about eneps is rather vague. The one...
Well info about eneps is rather vague. The one you picture isn't very old. It's made probably made in central Thailand .. that area north if Bangkok around chai Nat, uthai Thai, lopburi, nakho swan...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 07:00 AM
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Hehe that's my eneps!.
Yeah first one...
Hehe that's my eneps!.
Yeah first one pictured by the op is an enep a typical type from central Thailand . Relatively recently made.
The other knife is probably from Central Luzon. Philippines...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 01:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 12:58 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2024, 12:47 AM
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Smoking clubs was common in Gallic cultures. It...
Smoking clubs was common in Gallic cultures. It ads patina to the club, keeps off any insects, makes it black and shiny and gives it a durable surface colour that doesn't wear of easily.
It's drys...
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