Forum: European Armoury
20th September 2025, 03:59 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2025, 12:06 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
19th September 2025, 11:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2025, 04:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
19th September 2025, 02:03 PM
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Fulbe/Fulani
Interesting item of cultural heritage, and while of course may be seen as simply a hat, it also reflects important heritage, status and often certain tribal and even religious symbolism. The Fulbe...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2025, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 37
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Thank you GP!
Thank you so much GP for this brilliantly explained and detailed perspective and information on the complexities of the Maghreb! as well as the links and maps. This truly brings to light how these...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2025, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2025, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 37
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European/native hybrid guns
What David has prompted in his previous entry is an amazing example of a French musketoon which has been well embellished by the Berber warrior (I presume) who used it, and wondering about other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th September 2025, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 16
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Great links GP!!
It is often thought that the...
Great links GP!!
It is often thought that the pata was a thrusting weapon, in the manner of the transverse grip katar as used in more northern regions of India by Rajputs and Mughals. However in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th September 2025, 06:27 AM
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Thank you so much for writing on this Nidhi! It...
Thank you so much for writing on this Nidhi! It is great to have your insights as your expertise in the history of these Indian arms is well established. As agreed this hilt is 'modern' but likely...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th September 2025, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 37
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David,
So in my crash course on these French...
David,
So in my crash course on these French rifles, am I correct in assuming this is a Gras conversion or upgraded version of the Gendarmes M1866 Chassepot musketoon? These seem to have been...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th September 2025, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 37
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th September 2025, 10:07 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th September 2025, 02:29 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th September 2025, 06:03 PM
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Ed,
A question on the crossguards with the...
Ed,
A question on the crossguards with the notable 'X' at the center junction. I had always thought these were 'Darfur' from Reed (1987). What are the particulars on this feature?
Also, was there a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2025, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 37
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S'boula: Morocco/Zanzibar/Ethiopia mystery
The s'boula of Morocco, which is a sort of dirk, seems to have a variety of forms, with this H shaped hilt being one of the most frequently seen. Others, as previously shown have hilts of kouumya...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2025, 08:13 PM
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Bayonet blades in Saharan weapons
One of the key edged weapon examples I think of sometimes mounted with bayonet blades would be the Moroccan s'boula. While native makers were entirely capable of making blades, with bayonet blades...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2025, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 37
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Forum: European Armoury
14th September 2025, 05:25 PM
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Views: 67,896
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2025, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 37
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In keeping with what has just been noted, the...
In keeping with what has just been noted, the questions I have concerning the Foreign Legion are, it seems the concept began with the Chasseurs d'Afrique in 1831, which was essentially a colonial...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2025, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 37
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th September 2025, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 86,221
Thank you
For those of you reading this soliloquy, I wanted to thank you for your interest.
It is a wildly esoteric topic, and as known here, I often write on such topics which have piqued my interest through...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2025, 12:18 AM
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Antiquarians and the stories of the past
Dave, PERFECTLY SAID! and exactly the very method I have always followed. The term 'antiquarian' , these days either pejorative for too narrow focus on historical trivia (or more commonly rare book...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2025, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 37
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Addendum: Saharan weapons
First: a takouba form with slightly curved SE blade, probably European so
falling into the takouba spectrum as 'aljuinar' (=curved)
Moroccan sboula. Interestingly these often...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2025, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 37
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French Foreign Legion: Arms Contexts
In the study of North African edged weapons of the 19th-20th c. the spectrum of tribal arms varies and can in some cases be placed along with the presence and activity of the French colonial...
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