Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2012, 11:39 AM
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Yes, mine. A picture good enough to see it...
Yes, mine. A picture good enough to see it clearly will require a visit to a better camera than mine (even if mine cooperates and focusses, I don't think it will be clear enough). Will see if I can...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2012, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 26
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#31 looks like a typical Armoury kukri. No...
#31 looks like a typical Armoury kukri. No pommel, inscription on the spine in Devanagari, reading "Sri 3 Candra Varas(?) 2/48", which would date it to being in the Armoury in the early 20th century...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2012, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 34
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2012, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2012, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 5
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Mystery arrow or javelin
This is a mystery to me. Middle Eastern, the seller suggested. Ottoman? Persian? Something else?
It was suggested that it might be a siege arrow. No flights or nock, and the end of the shaft...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2012, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 6
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#7: Tessen or tenarashi, or tenarashi tessen....
#7: Tessen or tenarashi, or tenarashi tessen. Specifically a gunsengata tenarashi (war fan shaped tenarashi). A fan-shaped truncheon. This imitates the flat (non-folding) fans used for signalling in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2012, 05:35 AM
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Replies: 6
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Truncheons - East Asian
Some truncheons, mostly Japanese.
#1: Chinese iron ruler (tie chi). Polyhedral pommel and guard. Supposedly antique. 718g.
The rest are all Japanese (in style).
#2: Naeshi or naeshi jutte or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th October 2012, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 2
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Here is what might be a Mongolian trousse. At...
Here is what might be a Mongolian trousse. At least, a trousse in the Mongolian style.
Shown with a Chinese trousse for scale. The chopsticks are missing from the "Mongolian" one.
The knife...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th October 2012, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 62
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2012, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 32
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I think that the inspiration for the Del Tin is...
I think that the inspiration for the Del Tin is the sword shown on pages 44=45 of Ian Peirce, "Swords of the Viking Age", Boydell Press 2002. The sword is C1572, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen. The hilt...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th October 2012, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 32
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th October 2012, 02:08 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2012, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 9
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Indian. You know those Indian knife-and-fork...
Indian. You know those Indian knife-and-fork sets, with a carving-style kinfe and a carving-style fork that sit in a wooden holder, one inserted from each end? Those have guards in that style,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th August 2012, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th August 2012, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 26
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It's single-edged, and respectably sharp. The...
It's single-edged, and respectably sharp. The blade has a fairly uniform taper in thickness towards the tip, from 5.1m near the hilt to about 2.5mm an inch short of the tip.
No bolster, but the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th August 2012, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2012, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 26
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... and one last one for today. Is this, sensu...
... and one last one for today. Is this, sensu stricto, a kukri?
#30 is extremely curved, S-shaped even. Thin blade, only 5.1mm thick, and light, only 230g. Seller suggested north Indian, and it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2012, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 26
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... and a few more:
#24 has a crude...
... and a few more:
#24 has a crude engraving on the blade. Hilt is a lightweight wood, a little crudely made. Hidden tang. Lightweight due to the light grip. 345g, with an 8mm spine.
#25 has...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2012, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 26
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Some with decorated scabbards:
#20 has a...
Some with decorated scabbards:
#20 has a full length decorated scabbard. Very roughly engraved lines along the blade, rather petite horn grip, steel butt plate. Butt plate looks old and crusty....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th July 2012, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 38
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This leads to two interesting points: charging...
This leads to two interesting points: charging attackers are on the receiving end of more energy. A war arrow might be moving at 40-50m/s. A 10m/s charging speed of an attacker can transform an arrow...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2012, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 52,865
An interesting exercise on the effectiveness of...
An interesting exercise on the effectiveness of the English longbow is to (a) write down the best estimate of the number of men-at-arms killed on the French side ("men-at-arms" = "armoured soldiers",...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2012, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 52,865
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2012, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 52,865
Lots of good info on armour and arrows in...
Lots of good info on armour and arrows in Williams' "The Knight and the Blast Furnace", and some more in Atkins' "The Science and Engineering of Cutting". The quick summary is that good body and head...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th July 2012, 02:49 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 52,865
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd July 2012, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 52,865
Between 2 to 3 mm of iron or unhardened steel...
Between 2 to 3 mm of iron or unhardened steel armour stops arrows; thinner will suffice if hardened steel. Muskets will punch through that.
Easier to train musketeers. Musketeers can fight when...
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