Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th April 2019, 02:46 PM
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Thanks, Jim. Other forum members added good...
Thanks, Jim. Other forum members added good comments and illustrations to the original thread that I integrated into the final piece. Lee Jones gets all the credit for turning it into a polished...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th April 2019, 06:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd April 2019, 09:39 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2019, 07:16 PM
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Jim,
Quote:
"So here we can establish both...
Jim,
Quote:
"So here we can establish both the Omani long hilt kattara as well as presumably the long hilt curved kattara in the African interior as far as the Great Lakes. From here, trade...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2019, 04:04 PM
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Ibrahiim,
Tippu Tip was active from c. 1884...
Ibrahiim,
Tippu Tip was active from c. 1884 onward. Did the material culture exchange occur during that period? Seems pretty late.
Also, the Manding & Omani spheres were thousands of miles...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2019, 02:45 PM
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Gentlemen,
I'm not convinced. I see...
Gentlemen,
I'm not convinced. I see confirmation bias, and we all know that "correlation does not imply causality".
Mainly, why would the Manding, the inheritors of the high cultures of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2019, 03:27 AM
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Jim, Both William's sword and Stephen Wood's...
Jim, Both William's sword and Stephen Wood's sword and markings from this 2009 post are virtually identical.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10043
Both have a cross & orb and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2019, 09:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2019, 05:19 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2019, 04:41 PM
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I can't say where the sword was made, but the...
I can't say where the sword was made, but the client for the inscription was likely a Shi'a. As suggested by Richard G, the reference to Ali and the famous split blade Zulfiqar sword given to Ali by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2019, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 20
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William,
The short fuller on your kaskara...
William,
The short fuller on your kaskara has been common on broadswords since the Viking era so that in itself is not indicative of age. The lion has not been identified as to maker/age, but is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2019, 02:13 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th January 2019, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 92
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Fernando,
Thanks!!!
Kubur,
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Fernando,
Thanks!!!
Kubur,
Magnificent Ali Dinar style sword. That must be a great book you recommend. Unfortunately, it's too expensive for me to buy and isn't available free online or via...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th January 2019, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 92
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Fernando,
It still doesn't work, even on...
Fernando,
It still doesn't work, even on this post. Would you be so kind as to extract those three images from my essay and insert them in the post?
Ibrahiim,
BTW, I communicated with Dr....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2019, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 92
Views: 270,045
Ibrahiim,
Thanks for posting these two great...
Ibrahiim,
Thanks for posting these two great links. The Graham article may have unlocked the mystery of the silver grip govers in my Kaskara Silver Dress essay!! The Star & Comet motif may be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2018, 04:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2018, 04:04 PM
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Iain,
Nice job on "resurrecting" your...
Iain,
Nice job on "resurrecting" your cuirass. Well done. Yours looks more native made that some of the other examples. The others appear of very similar design and to be made from thin rolled...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2018, 08:48 PM
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Great topic, Jim.
I could add what Julie...
Great topic, Jim.
I could add what Julie Anderson describes as a waqf 3X3 Magic Number block and Koranic text on an elaborate Ali Dinar kaskara sword in her article available on the EAA...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2018, 10:23 PM
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Norman,
The nail placements show no...
Norman,
The nail placements show no rational/artistic pattern. One has 5 nails (one is missing, but point remains); the other has 8, but looks like maybe 3 are missing. They are remindful of star...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2018, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 21
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Ariel,
I agree with most of your assertions....
Ariel,
I agree with most of your assertions. Afterall a broadsword is a pretty simple 3 to 4 part device over time, not counting the elaborate hand guards of the Renaissance. The main variation is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2018, 01:49 AM
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Jim,
Thanks for the compliment.
Ariel, ...
Jim,
Thanks for the compliment.
Ariel,
I agree that your examples look externally similar to the kaskara. But I've not seen how their grip, cross-guard and blade are joined. Does the C-G...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2018, 09:37 PM
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Francotolin,
I'm not qualified to comment on...
Francotolin,
I'm not qualified to comment on your sword, but the repair looks dodgy to me. I'm really interested in the mechanics of how your blade, cross-guard and hilt are joined. This type of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2018, 01:26 PM
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Yes. Sources say that the shields were made by...
Yes. Sources say that the shields were made by "bedouins" and oblong, 3 to 4 feet long. The makers must have had an artistic taste either period, group or individual like the croc.skin boss on yours....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2018, 05:48 PM
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Colin,
I think this is a period (1819-22...
Colin,
I think this is a period (1819-22 illustration of your shield. Its from Frederic Cauilliaud's "Voyage to Meroe...", Vol. 2, p.64. The text, in French, likely provides location details.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2018, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 34
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Here is an interesting article from 1861 about...
Here is an interesting article from 1861 about the weapons "On the Arabs and Negro tribes of Central Africa" by John Petherick. Has some period sketches of spears and offers a context to the use of...
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