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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th February 2009, 03:57 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
!Hi Rod, nice to know from you! Yes, she is a...

!Hi Rod, nice to know from you! Yes, she is a Blue Heeler, and she has three puppets, now about five months old. The father is another Blue Heeler from a friend. I don´t have pictures of them right...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th January 2009, 07:01 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
The only reference I have found to this sword, in...

The only reference I have found to this sword, in several languajes, comes from this single interview to Leo Giron. Maybe in philippino languaje there is some other reference.
Regards

Gonzalo
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th January 2009, 04:57 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Some of my war dogs: ...

Some of my war dogs:

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1492/pict1137vq2.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7360/osoni8.jpg
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th January 2009, 04:27 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Sorry David, I didn´t see your post when writting...

Sorry David, I didn´t see your post when writting my last one. It was not my intention to be off-topic, but you know how digressions are made on the road.
My regards

Gonzalo

PD: Just to be...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th January 2009, 04:20 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
Pallas, from your quotes, I see that you only...

Pallas, from your quotes, I see that you only have a primary source, which is Fray Bartolomé Las Casas. This quote comes from his little opuscule titled "Brevísima Relación de la Destrucción de las...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th January 2009, 03:44 AM
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Posted By Gonzalo G
A tremendous story. I would love to read the...

A tremendous story. I would love to read the source of it. The only valid reference about war dogs that I know, comes from Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a Cortez´s soldier which accompanied him and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th January 2009, 03:30 AM
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Views: 23,790
Posted By Gonzalo G
Jens, I think we can make such a presumption, but...

Jens, I think we can make such a presumption, but the continuos sharpening is only a circumstantial evidence of a possible and probable change of hilt, not a conclussive one. We cannot infere...
Forum: European Armoury 25th January 2009, 03:12 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
Jim, using your word, I believe the sword "was...

Jim, using your word, I believe the sword "was not typically the key weapon in European vs. Native warfare", but only an element in the whole european arsenal. Also, we must notice wootz was used...
Forum: European Armoury 25th January 2009, 02:32 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
Atlantia, I think your comparison is very valid...

Atlantia, I think your comparison is very valid and interesting, since those encounters among local and european blades existed. I only tried to put those encounters in perspective, not to infere...
Forum: European Armoury 25th January 2009, 02:05 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
That is correct, Fernand. Excuse me, but I was...

That is correct, Fernand. Excuse me, but I was writting about cavalry, but latter edited my words and the meaning changed inadvertly.



No, you are not mixing. It was schooled much earlier. I...
Forum: European Armoury 24th January 2009, 06:15 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
I am under the impression that you give much...

I am under the impression that you give much importance to the swords, which I believe were not a primary weapon in those times, nor they decided the result of the battles. I also think cavaly and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd January 2009, 12:06 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 16,363
Posted By Gonzalo G
!Great piece, RSWORD! Sumptuos, but sober in it´s...

!Great piece, RSWORD! Sumptuos, but sober in it´s way. Very elegant. The blade is beautiful and interesting. I agree with you. It seems the Yemen decadence was substantial when the califate under...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd January 2009, 10:14 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
Sorry, Manolo, but I´m not emotionally invested....

Sorry, Manolo, but I´m not emotionally invested. It is not the subject of the discussion what bothers me, but the lack of references to valid sources, the repetition of common already discredited...
Forum: European Armoury 21st January 2009, 02:19 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
Man can be more than a glorified animal. It is in...

Man can be more than a glorified animal. It is in our hand to change it. Civilization has anything to do with war. More supposedly civilized nation attacked less civilized nations, as in the...
Forum: European Armoury 20th January 2009, 05:24 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
I agree on the general idea, but terrorism and...

I agree on the general idea, but terrorism and guerrilla are completely diferent methods of fight, though some groups uses the combination of the two. Terrorism involved the killing of innocents,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th January 2009, 04:39 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 37,357
Posted By Gonzalo G
The hilt? Do you mean the wood slabs? Anyway,...

The hilt? Do you mean the wood slabs? Anyway, 650gr seems a very good weigh, I would say "light enough". I have suspected, or guessed, that somtimes the "T" spine is made on realtively thin blades,...
Forum: European Armoury 20th January 2009, 04:20 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
KuKulzA28, it must be also said that the mayans...

KuKulzA28, it must be also said that the mayans from the period of the conquest were not the mayas from the great civilization, which was already destroyed and disappeared, and their cities lost. The...
Forum: European Armoury 20th January 2009, 03:38 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
Manolo, you have a curios idea of warfare. There...

Manolo, you have a curios idea of warfare. There is not civilized warfare, and the population is massacred anyway on bombardments and cross fire, starvation and plagues. Dresde and all it´s civil...
Forum: European Armoury 20th January 2009, 02:37 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
On the contrary, Atlantia, I would hate to be...

On the contrary, Atlantia, I would hate to be wearisome. I apologize, because sometimes it seems that I writte in angry, but it is not so, even on the middle of a heavy discussion. I should use...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th January 2009, 02:20 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 37,357
Posted By Gonzalo G
!!Woww!! :eek: :eek: :eek: Ilias: would...

!!Woww!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Ilias: would you be so kind to provide us with some measures? One thing I never knew, is the thickness of the blade of this weapons at their base, not counting edge...
Forum: European Armoury 18th January 2009, 04:50 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
That is correct, Manolo, but the conquest of the...

That is correct, Manolo, but the conquest of the New Spain was not only circunscribed to Tenochtitlan and the meshica (the wrongly so-called "aztecs", by everbody including the actual mexicans), but...
Forum: European Armoury 18th January 2009, 12:54 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
And it is an interesting subject, indeed,...

And it is an interesting subject, indeed, Atlantia. You are not offending, I only wanted to be a little knotty with your asessment, as a friend. It seems that the destiny of societies is to conquer...
Forum: European Armoury 17th January 2009, 08:15 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 45,127
Posted By Gonzalo G
Interesting assumption, Atlantia....but in fact,...

Interesting assumption, Atlantia....but in fact, europeans did not were a world power since roman times, and only under the romans and Alexander the Great had that edge. They were always stamped out...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th January 2009, 06:40 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,100
Posted By Gonzalo G
Thank you, Ariel...pity... Regards

Thank you, Ariel...pity...
Regards
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th January 2009, 02:38 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,100
Posted By Gonzalo G
And one of mine´s, also. Would you please post...

And one of mine´s, also. Would you please post bigger photos, if you have them? Thank you.
Regards
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