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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th October 2013, 09:24 AM
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Views: 10,709
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Modern, from India or Pakistan, but I wouldn't...

Modern, from India or Pakistan, but I wouldn't call it a "reproduction". Neither would I call a modern machete with a kukri-shaped blade a "reproduction". I wouldn't call it a kukri, either.

On...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st October 2013, 10:15 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 40,531
Posted By Timo Nieminen
IMO, no. 560g of battle axe, large and...

IMO, no. 560g of battle axe, large and potentially two-handed, says otherwise. Small one-handed battle axes can be significantly lighter. Battle axes are not beastly massive cleavers, they're usually...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st October 2013, 10:03 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 40,531
Posted By Timo Nieminen
For sure. Ornate, and not sharp can tell you...

For sure. Ornate, and not sharp can tell you "parade". (Why not sharp? You don't want your ceremonial guards accidentally getting hurt.) When firearms make various cold weapons obsolete, they...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th August 2013, 02:11 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 15,999
Posted By Timo Nieminen
It does look the part. I've considered using a...

It does look the part. I've considered using a boat-hook head for making a long-hafted elephant goad.

(I find that "boat hook" is a common guess for "What is this?" when you show people an...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th August 2013, 05:00 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 33,635
Posted By Timo Nieminen
See JUM#13, JUM#14, JUM#16, JUM#17, JUM#18 in...

See JUM#13, JUM#14, JUM#16, JUM#17, JUM#18 in http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iams/newsletter/accordion/journals/iams_25/iams_25_2005_feuerbach for some examples of Central Asian knives that appear to have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th August 2013, 03:50 AM
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Views: 33,635
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Some candidates for late Medieval knives with...

Some candidates for late Medieval knives with integral bolsters:
http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/86821
http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/86819...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th August 2013, 11:12 PM
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Views: 33,635
Posted By Timo Nieminen
See Iaroslav Lebedynsky, De l'épée Scythe au...

See Iaroslav Lebedynsky, De l'épée Scythe au sabre Mongol, Errance, Paris, 2008, pg 168 C(e), for a knife or sword with a possible integral collar, and pg 175 v, for a sword. I wouldn't call these...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th August 2013, 01:02 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 33,635
Posted By Timo Nieminen
I've seen Medieval European knives with integral...

I've seen Medieval European knives with integral (as in forged-in-one-piece) bolsters. With some, I might be wrong, as they might have been welded or brazed on, but some little bolsters are clearly...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th July 2013, 12:55 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,535
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Heath covers 19th c. Baltistan in his Central...

Heath covers 19th c. Baltistan in his Central Asia and the Himalayan Kingdoms volume, http://www.amazon.com/CENTRAL-HIMALAYAN-KINGDOMS-Nineteenth-Century-Asia/dp/1901543013
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th July 2013, 10:57 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 20,824
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Doesn't look Chinese to me. My first two guesses...

Doesn't look Chinese to me. My first two guesses would be Thai and Indian. Followed by Philippines and Indonesia.

For precedents, rather than Chinese ge/ji, how about the Japanese hoko? (The more...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st July 2013, 06:53 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 24,131
Posted By Timo Nieminen
The best I've encountered is Heath's book:...

The best I've encountered is Heath's book: http://www.amazon.com/BURMA-INDO-CHINA-Armies-Nineteenth-Century/dp/1901543064/

19th century stuff, so might not meet your needs, or all your needs.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th June 2013, 06:57 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 7,310
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Casting lines on the "crutch", the crutch looks...

Casting lines on the "crutch", the crutch looks electrowelded to the rest of the head: modern, I think.

Weld lines on the haft mean that at least it isn't just a piece of modern pipe.

I don't...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th June 2013, 08:33 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 23,913
Posted By Timo Nieminen
"Inside" and "outside" in modern unarmed martial...

"Inside" and "outside" in modern unarmed martial arts are, in my experience, defined by inside or outside the lead hand. In the usual right-handed stance, with left leg and left hand forwards, to the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th June 2013, 10:10 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 23,913
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Centre and periphery, I think. If you hold the...

Centre and periphery, I think. If you hold the spear with right hand forwards, the spear is to your left. A thrust coming in on the right of your spear is in your inner circle. A thrust coming in on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th June 2013, 09:55 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 23,913
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Spears in Qing art. Source: This (and the rest of...

Spears in Qing art. Source: This (and the rest of the volumes) is the source. (http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Witness_the_Qing_empire_cultural_relics.html?id=MDdJAQAAIAAJ)

(a) 18th...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th June 2013, 09:31 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 23,913
Posted By Timo Nieminen
The relevant spear material from Muye Dobo...

The relevant spear material from Muye Dobo Tongji. This is from the Kim translation, and the Chinese is not available, only the English. I believe this is translated into English from a Korean...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th June 2013, 03:52 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 25,123
Posted By Timo Nieminen
There's an old history of forward-curved blades...

There's an old history of forward-curved blades in India, well back into the 1st millenium IIRC from Rawson. Some say these are copied from forward-curved Greek swords, courtesy of the Alexandrian...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th June 2013, 01:25 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 23,913
Posted By Timo Nieminen
I think some of these changes were a result of...

I think some of these changes were a result of civilianisation of weapons. The military weapons were cannon for artillery, spear and musket for infantry, and bow and sword for cavalry. The military...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th June 2013, 08:54 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 23,913
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Hafts: From late Ming literature, a number of...

Hafts: From late Ming literature, a number of woods were used, such as 檕條木 (ji wood), 牛觔木 (cow pound/catty/jin wood), 茶條木 (tea wood), 米枯木 (rice dried-out wood), 柘條木 (zhe wood; some thorny tree?),...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th May 2013, 07:52 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 24,255
Posted By Timo Nieminen
It's not the centripetal force, but just where a...

It's not the centripetal force, but just where a straight line through the grip, perpendicular to the motion, lies in relation to (a) the centre of mass of the weapon, and (b) the point of contact...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th May 2013, 09:57 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 24,255
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Yang Hong's "Weapons in Ancient China" also has...

Yang Hong's "Weapons in Ancient China" also has lots and lots of detail on bronze age weapons. (The book covers up to Ming and early firearms, but the early stuff is covered in most detail. Partly...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th May 2013, 03:49 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 24,255
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Oval or pear-shaped section was standard for ge....

Oval or pear-shaped section was standard for ge. I don't believe that many hafts have been found, but socketed heads usually have oval or pear/tear-drop section sockets, and the same for butts. The...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd May 2013, 08:03 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 24,255
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Having used a round handled blade as a machete, I...

Having used a round handled blade as a machete, I recommend an oval handle. This was a straight blade. Where the handle is round, and the blade is curved towards the back, and the handle follows this...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th April 2013, 12:43 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,253
Posted By Timo Nieminen
"Shuriken", 手裏剣, literally hand-inside-sword, is...

"Shuriken", 手裏剣, literally hand-inside-sword, is just the Japanese name for the same thing. Shuriken and anqi are both small throwing blades/darts that fit inside the hand, that can be hidden in the...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 26th April 2013, 06:15 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 49,194
Posted By Timo Nieminen
Q1: Yes. Q2: No. Many would, but I don't...

Q1: Yes.

Q2: No. Many would, but I don't know about a majority.

Q3: This knowledge of culture/history/society tells you about the item in context, about the use of the item, the meaning of the...
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