Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th October 2016, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 5
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Help identifying silver mark on kindjal
I bought this very small kinjal recently, somhow thinking it was Ottoman. It turned out to be Russian, but I don't know anything about age and origin. It is in rough shape, so not a very good peice,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2016, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 18,843
Jambiya vs. khanjar
Hi again. I am not 100% sure on the subject, but jambiya (from jambi - at my side) is a term often used for many daggers from the middle east by collectors, but as far as I know, only used by locals...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2016, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 18,843
Nice old Majdalu
Hi Athanase,
Your dagger is a beatiful and early example of this type with few unusual features. As for the date, it is almost certainly 1325 -1907. The second digit is unclear, but the earliest...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2016, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 23,221
Shibriya blades
Hi again. Ariel, in my view, all shibriyas come from curved daggers. The recurve shape became popular only around WWI. Were these pre-shibriya daggers also called shibriya? Who knows. To support this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th August 2016, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 23,221
What's in a name?
Hi, Ik don't really think it matters how you call it, but I like it a lot. It shows very nicely how regional styles merge where geographical areas meet. The main influence on the decoration and style...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th July 2016, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,571
Similar dagger
Hi, I wrote that I have seen similar daggers before. Here is one. It is a local ethnic product. It comes from Jubata al Khashab in the Golan hights. The one presented in this thread is much nicer,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2016, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 10,564
To RichieRich6988
Hi, I am sorry to dissapoint you, but your dagger is definitely from middle/late 20th century and made for the tourist trade in Syria, probably around Damascus. It belongs to a large and diverse...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st July 2016, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,571
Syrian Khanjar/Shibriya
I totally agree with Kubur. I have only seen 2-3 of those, but one of them, almost identical to this one, was found in a ruined village on the Golan Hights. It was interpreted as locally-made...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th June 2016, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 30,357
To David
Sorry David but you misunderstood me. Naturally, there is no reason to test the "blood grooves" theory in practice because it just doesn't make sense in the first place. I was talking about something...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th June 2016, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 30,357
To Timo Nieminen and Kronkew. I also anderstand...
To Timo Nieminen and Kronkew. I also anderstand the basic physics. After all, this is no rocket science. But this does not explain everything. A cutting blade should have a balance between strength,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2016, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 30,357
Why fullers?
Just few additional remarks:
I, and others, have mentioned strength/weight ratio as a factor. But this apparently very logical argument has a big hole in it. The main strength parameter to increase...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2016, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 30,357
Why fullers?
This is not a very educated answer, just logical guesses.
As some of you mentioned before, weight distribution and especially reducing weight while keeping stiffness and size intact make lots of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2016, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 14,441
To Estcrh
This is getting too personal, so I am going to stop here. But before that, I want to repeat what I said before. Anything that is large enough, sharp enough, not too heavy etc will do. There is no...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st June 2016, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 14,441
To Estcrh
Yes, SOME daggers can be very useful for defence, others much less so. Yours surely looks menancing (psychological effect is also very important).
However, I was once told by a close friend who was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st June 2016, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 14,441
To Ibrahim ak Balooshi
Thank you for your serious response. I agree with most of it, and I was a little provocative in my first message, just for sake of eliciting a response. It is just so obvious that not the actual use...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th June 2016, 12:47 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 14,441
To Ibrahim al Balooshi
Hello, I am a new member and do not wish to hurt anybody's feeling, but I still feel that my point is valid. I have no doubt that khanjars can be used as weapons in some circumstances and inflict...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th June 2016, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 14,441
Size does not matter - for daggers
Hello Kubur,
Unfortunately for those who like to discuss the functional aspects of weapons, most edged weapons are first and foremost ornaments, or man's jewels, like a gentleman's pocket watch. At...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2016, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 12,517
Hello, mijn, like most people's, is just an...
Hello, mijn, like most people's, is just an opinion. Arzi however, is (almost) never wrong, and the second one is definitly Bosnian.
However, the first one looks very Greek to me. The scabbard is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2016, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 24,765
Thanks A.alnakkas
I have seen them both. Very nice to see the actual work on shibriyas. I am not sure I got much wiser though.
Like many similar middle eastern daggers, for example koumayas, they are still made...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2016, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 14,494
Axes and adzes
Hi Josh, I am novice to this forum and don't know anything about New Guinea. My main area of collecting, completely separate from this forum, is stone age tools from my native country, Israel.
Axes...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2016, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 24,765
Hello everybody. Thank you all for your...
Hello everybody. Thank you all for your reactions. This thread has gone beyond my expectations.
A.alnakas, do you have a link to the documentary? My Arabic is limited, but would very much like to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2016, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 24,765
Levant
Thanks Ariel. I already have, but not via this forum. I only thought, because some of you own good examples I have seen in previous threads (see:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2016, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 24,765
Thanks
Thank you for your reactions. Kronkew, yours is special too because it appears to have a leather sheath. Shibriyas almost always have a wood covered with chased brass or white metal sheath....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2016, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 24,765
Interesting shibriya
[FONT=Arial]Hello all. I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I live in Israel and my specific interest is in the daggers of the Levant. I am trying to build a small collection of them. I...
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