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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th February 2023, 02:07 PM
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I've seen pomegranates cut that way and use that...

I've seen pomegranates cut that way and use that method myself. the knife I use and have seen others use is a pruning knife. Which leads me back to my comment #13, a rich man's garden knife. the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th February 2023, 08:52 PM
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Views: 152,843
Posted By Interested Party
Seems like a rich man's tool. It is maybe...

Seems like a rich man's tool. It is maybe analogous to a gentleman's silver budding knife, if not for the same purpose. Maybe for some sort of pruning? Was there a type of genteel plant husbandry...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd February 2023, 04:20 AM
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Views: 12,870
Posted By Interested Party
Thanks Ed, very interesting so far. I ground a...

Thanks Ed, very interesting so far. I ground a crude one out once. A very time-consuming process. I never mounted it or tried to use it. It takes a lot of patience to use one if you are used to steel.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd February 2023, 01:56 AM
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Views: 12,870
Posted By Interested Party
I think the stone ax is more of a tool than a...

I think the stone ax is more of a tool than a weapon. I wish I had more information.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 2nd February 2023, 02:24 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 22,438
Posted By Interested Party
Joe that is quite a rabbit hole you are going...

Joe that is quite a rabbit hole you are going down. I can appreciate this as I am also a global learner and ideas tend to spider web and morph into related concepts for me as well.

Yes, the...
Forum: European Armoury 30th January 2023, 04:21 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 49,520
Posted By Interested Party
My understanding is that falchions are very sharp...

My understanding is that falchions are very sharp with a thin cross section at the edge to be able to slice through gaberdine. Is this the case with Stortas as well?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st January 2023, 01:54 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 10,498
Posted By Interested Party
Corn knife was my first impression. Except for...

Corn knife was my first impression. Except for the spine. I have never seen a spine like that on an American agricultural blade. I guess a broken saber could explain it.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th January 2023, 02:58 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 79,537
Posted By Interested Party
An older Colins (1940s) often had a large stamp...

An older Colins (1940s) often had a large stamp 1X2" or so from memory on the blade near the handle. The arm logo was part of the stamp. These were produced in the US if I recall correctly. I could...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 15th January 2023, 03:45 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 33,311
Posted By Interested Party
Thanks David. For some reason I did not process...

Thanks David. For some reason I did not process the 18cm when I looked at the screen. On a side note, didn't many Sumatran Sewars have a blade length of around 18cm? Were these considered decorative...
Forum: European Armoury 12th January 2023, 10:27 PM
Replies: 150
Views: 604,123
Posted By Interested Party
The complete sword possibly being a 19th century...

The complete sword possibly being a 19th century composite I was mainly asking about the hilt. Which was identified as being late 17th century Ukranian. The straightness of the handle seemed odd to...
Forum: European Armoury 12th January 2023, 07:25 PM
Replies: 150
Views: 604,123
Posted By Interested Party
Hetman Ivan Mazepa's Saber

I recently read Denis Toichkin's Sabers of Hetman Ivan Mazepa article from which this photo was taken of what he concludes to be a composite saber. Where does this particular hilt fit into the...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 12th January 2023, 06:05 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 33,311
Posted By Interested Party
Jean, am I right to think the profile of your...

Jean, am I right to think the profile of your blades are Bugis influenced, if not their cross section? The cross section being roughly a diamond (please excuse the unintentional pun) like the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th January 2023, 03:44 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 79,537
Posted By Interested Party
David, Jim & Ed, this has been an interesting and...

David, Jim & Ed, this has been an interesting and possibly fruitful discussion. Is this an ethnographic weapon? In many ways no. Is it primarily a weapon or a tool? Tool, I believe, but there are...
Forum: European Armoury 11th January 2023, 02:41 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 25,897
Posted By Interested Party
Interestingly enough, for what it is worth, I...

Interestingly enough, for what it is worth, I found a stag handled navaja on Wikipedia's English site under the entry "Navaja" that is attributed to 1790 and uses a round pin as well.
Forum: European Armoury 11th January 2023, 02:14 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 25,897
Posted By Interested Party
It is an interesting and apparently well item...

It is an interesting and apparently well item from the photographs. That said I am curious about a few things concerning this piece.

1)I find the round pin odd. Why not a deep, square cut notch...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th January 2023, 01:57 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 260,403
Posted By Interested Party
Very, very interesting. I wish I had this...

Very, very interesting. I wish I had this information 30 years ago. A weapon would need a very soft temper for this technique. From what the gentleman said in the video the technique also seemed to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2022, 03:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 18,017
Posted By Interested Party
Agreed! To me it looks like a very effective...

Agreed! To me it looks like a very effective close quarters weapon. Since the guard is hybridized was the technique using it also hybridized with blade-on-blade contact and perries with the side of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2022, 01:56 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 79,537
Posted By Interested Party
Of Brazilian use or manufacture? Would you place...

Of Brazilian use or manufacture? Would you place the age between 1940-1960 or after? I would imagine the sheath is not original. It is quite well built, being water molded, tooled and the frog is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th December 2022, 05:21 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 79,537
Posted By Interested Party
It looks central American to me. I see El...

It looks central American to me. I see El Salvadorans working with very similar sheaths today. Check out the Imacasa web site. They make patterns for almost everyone including Brazilian ones that...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th December 2022, 02:39 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 30,444
Posted By Interested Party
Does this knife fully open or does it stay sickle...

Does this knife fully open or does it stay sickle like to aid in the scoring/scraping process? Interesting in that I had heard that a piece of glass was preferred for the scoring. Maybe a status...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2022, 06:34 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,792
Posted By Interested Party
Thanks Gustav! Now I see it. And around the icon...

Thanks Gustav! Now I see it. And around the icon is a circle made of three petaled flowers alternated with leaves that insinuate sunrays, a chakra, mandala, and a wheel of death and rebirth. Or it...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2022, 03:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,792
Posted By Interested Party
At my first glance I though, assumed, that the...

At my first glance I though, assumed, that the circles being held were Chakras. Once I took a better look, I could see only the top right figure held a chakra, the rest held bucklers, targets. It is...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 8th December 2022, 03:14 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,861
Posted By Interested Party
If it is Rama, then is his adversary Ravana with...

If it is Rama, then is his adversary Ravana with the multiple (100) heads? Isn't he usually dark rather than light skinned? I had been puzzling over that one before you wrote.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2022, 04:26 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,792
Posted By Interested Party
Mahratt, to me it looks like a depiction of a...

Mahratt, to me it looks like a depiction of a pantheon rather than a story. I believe I recognize several elements. If no one more knowledgeable chimes in I will post next week when work isn't...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 6th December 2022, 04:12 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,861
Posted By Interested Party
Gustav, you beat me to the punch. I do not see...

Gustav, you beat me to the punch. I do not see episodes I recognize from the Ramayana. The gods seem to be victorious in these scenes. The crux of the story of Ravana is that the gods could not...
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