Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2007, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 22
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Hello,
in the book Visions of an Island ...
Hello,
in the book Visions of an Island about the collection of Christopher Ondaatje there is another painting mentioned showing a portrait of General Aexander Popham wearing a kastane....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd May 2007, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd April 2007, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 21,015
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd April 2007, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th April 2007, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,348
Hello,
I have a silver mounted koumiya with...
Hello,
I have a silver mounted koumiya with the same symbol on every silver part.
The symbol is a ram's head.
I asked a woman that is born in Morocco and according to what she said this is a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th January 2007, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,244
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th January 2007, 11:05 PM
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Replies: 5
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Hello bbjw,
I have several German made pre...
Hello bbjw,
I have several German made pre WWI Gaucho knives for comparison.
Although this knife shares some similarities compared to my other Gaucho knives there are some differences.
The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2007, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,244
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th November 2006, 01:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2006, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,078
I don't think that this is a German hunting...
I don't think that this is a German hunting sword.
At first I have never seen this kind of blade decoration on an German blade.
Second, hunting swords were made for noble people in Germany.
I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd June 2006, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 23,423
Hello,
when I first saw this sword my...
Hello,
when I first saw this sword my impression was "German Dusack/Dusaegge/Dusagge", mid to late 16th century.
After all these doubtfully posts I took a look into my literature and found...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th March 2006, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,150
Hello VVV,
I have a question about the...
Hello VVV,
I have a question about the knife.
On the ricsasso there seems to be an inscription.
Is there something like T.J.I.K. on the ricasso?
I ask because I see some resemblances in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2006, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 17,019
Hello,
could it be an executioner's sword? ...
Hello,
could it be an executioner's sword?
The round tip and thin blade are as far as I know characteristical for this kind of sword.
Are there symbols e.g. a wheel or gibbet on the blade?
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2006, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 12,295
Hello,
I don't know why but the triangular...
Hello,
I don't know why but the triangular cross section (does the spear have a triangular cross section? - in the pictures it appears to have one) and the shape of the blade reminds me of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2006, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,464
Hello RobT,
"Druden" or "Truden" are evil...
Hello RobT,
"Druden" or "Truden" are evil spirits or persons (mostly women) possesed by evil spirits. These evil spirits or persons were made responsible for nightmares. To protect the sleeping...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2006, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,464
Hello Ian,
I think, I will keep it in my...
Hello Ian,
I think, I will keep it in my collection.
After removing the paint it tends out to be a nice little knife.
Especially the brass (?) inlay (it is neither painted nor koftgari) in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2006, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,464
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2006, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,464
Hello,
I have just acqiurred this knife...
Hello,
I have just acqiurred this knife which looks simiilar but is definately old:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6606726406&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:DE:11
I got it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2006, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 17,187
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2006, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 8,482
Hello Andrew,
what I mean was I think that...
Hello Andrew,
what I mean was I think that the dagger is a real medieval item and not a repro.
What makes me think of that are all the other items offered by the seller.
Of course I can not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2006, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 8,482
Hello,
I think this item is probably...
Hello,
I think this item is probably genuine. Concerning Ian's statement that all items on the seller's list are almost in the same of decay, in Germany there are a lot of people searching metal...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2005, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,242
Hello BSMStar,
yes, I have seen the writing...
Hello BSMStar,
yes, I have seen the writing on the blade. It seems that there was someone who has heard of the well known Solingen sword manufacturer Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie but did not know...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th December 2005, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,125
Hello,
I was watching this item, too, but...
Hello,
I was watching this item, too, but refused to bid.
To me it looks like an old Mediterranean dagger, possibly an Italian hunting dagger. As far as I know daggers like these are known as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th October 2005, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 8,521
Hello,
I do not know anything about this...
Hello,
I do not know anything about this kind of smallsword but on one picture I read the ending "-thal" which indicates French Klingenthal manufacture, approximately late 18th to mid 19th...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2005, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,382
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