Forum: Swap Forum
26th November 2012, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,019
19thC Mende sword for sale
Hello all,
We have a nice old 19thC Mende sword up for grabs; these don't come onto the UK market that often so we thought we'd offer it on the forum so that any Anglo saxon types who might be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2012, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 137
Views: 144,793
Hello peeps,
It seems I fall into the...
Hello peeps,
It seems I fall into the average age group! I'm 43 and have been involved with ethnic bits and bobs since a wee boy. my father was a cabinet maker and on accasion took antiques as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2012, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,759
Hi Colin
Thanks for looking the spear over....
Hi Colin
Thanks for looking the spear over. I'm holding the thing in my hand as I type, and I'm none the wiser as to its origins or purpose. However, I would say that somebody put cosiderable...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2012, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,323
Hello again,
It's funny, we see and handle...
Hello again,
It's funny, we see and handle many swords, daggers etc, but some of the spears really do throw a spanner in the works, this being one example! Mind you, it's one of the reasons that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2012, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,323
Hello Richard
Thanks for your thoughts. We...
Hello Richard
Thanks for your thoughts. We did a first think Africa and to be honest are still unsure. It is a well crafted spear, very strong and easily capable of breaking mail-one reason we...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2012, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,323
interesting spear-India??
Here's another odd spear thats we've had hanging around awhile. As yet we've found nothing similar, our guess on this one is India. All opinions welcome. Many thanks A&K
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2012, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,759
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2012, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,759
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2012, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,759
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st October 2012, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,759
Two interesting wooden spears...from where??
Hello all. These two spears have us stumped! The dark wood example we think could possibly be Australian Aboriginal, the other barbed type maybe from Papua? After much research we have no definite...
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Forum: Swap Forum
23rd February 2012, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,228
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2012, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 9,891
BBC Iplayer heads up!!
Hello all,
For those interested the BBC are showing a good new series 'lost kingdoms of Africa'. The three episodes on offer cover the Ashante, Zulu and Berber peoples, and are well worth a...
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Forum: Swap Forum
8th February 2012, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,228
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2012, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 179
Views: 275,718
Hi Kurt,
Thats one very nice dagger, thanks...
Hi Kurt,
Thats one very nice dagger, thanks for posting. Never seen one of that particular form, a real work of art. It seems that afghan weapons are rather popular!! A big thanks to all who...
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Forum: Swap Forum
25th January 2012, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,228
Rare Old Berber sword for sale
A rather interesting and unusual North African sabre, possibly Tunisian Berber in origin.
The sword has a crudely made native blade, but still holds a sharp edge and would have been effective enough...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2012, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 275,718
Hi Dave,
Thanks for posting another great...
Hi Dave,
Thanks for posting another great looking dagger. We've had a few with these painted hilts and have often wondered when this style of decoration became popular and why? As ever all...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd January 2012, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,475
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2012, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 10,908
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2012, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 275,718
Hi Ariel,
Glad somebody mentioned the...
Hi Ariel,
Glad somebody mentioned the Kerala knife; the guy we got this example from had several and had sourced them locally in Rajasthan, we later saw them described as Kerala knifes in one of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2012, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 24,658
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2012, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 275,718
Ah! Kipling....fine poetry and exceedingly good...
Ah! Kipling....fine poetry and exceedingly good cakes ;) ! The old work horses are very welcome, its worth comparing the subtle differences between older and more modern examples, especially in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2012, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 275,718
Blimey!! There are a lot of fine example out...
Blimey!! There are a lot of fine example out there! Feel free to post Karuds or even the big brother Khyber knifes. Has anybody a modern resin hilted example? We've seen a couple on Ebay, a new take...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th January 2012, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 275,718
Go on...show us your Choora!!
Hello all! We have a real love for the Afghan Choora and thought it would be interesting to have a thread specifically devoted to these often beatufully crafted weapons. It would be interesting to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th June 2011, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 27,902
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2011, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 27,902
Interesting North African, Berber? swords
Hello folks
We thought we'd show off these two old warhorses as they seem not to fall into any well represented or recognised catagory of North African sword. Our initial thoughts suggested a...
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