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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th March 2021, 11:35 PM
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Posted By pbleed
This is a KEN, it is dated 1874, and it appears...

This is a KEN, it is dated 1874, and it appears to be signed Hozan but with the extra hole and the odd orientation I am a bit challenged. The mounts are terrific
Peter
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th March 2021, 03:12 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 33,405
Posted By pbleed
Rick, Thank you for your comments. You are...

Rick,
Thank you for your comments. You are correct is saying that these tubes do not have direct means of elevation. Perhaps they were used with an element that ain't there now. I also wonder if...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th March 2021, 09:19 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 33,405
Posted By pbleed
Indeed they are NOT rifled. There isn't even a...

Indeed they are NOT rifled. There isn't even a distinct shell chamber so the could be anything. They were brought home by a decorated combat officer with the Philippine Constabulary. Why couldn't...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th March 2021, 07:26 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 33,405
Posted By pbleed
I appreciate the responses that have been...

I appreciate the responses that have been offered. Thank you and please forgive my ham-handed attempts at communication.
I also failed to communicated in my initial post that these are MODIFIED...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd March 2021, 02:41 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 33,405
Posted By pbleed
Let's try these!

Let's try these!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd March 2021, 12:25 AM
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Views: 33,405
Posted By pbleed
I'd love to, but I can't figure out how to do it....

I'd love to, but I can't figure out how to do it.
Peter
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd March 2021, 11:31 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 33,405
Posted By pbleed
Filipino cannons

Dear Friends,
I am a long-time lurker on the Ethnographic Arms and Armour Forum, but I have little skill in this medium, so I rarely have spoken up.
I write today because I am developing a paper...
Forum: European Armoury 22nd June 2020, 06:47 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,836
Posted By pbleed
Indeed this is a worthy thread, but.... If this...

Indeed this is a worthy thread, but....
If this "guard" was found in East Asia, it would be classified as a a "Namban tsuba" of some kind.
Peter
Forum: Swap Forum 17th June 2020, 10:49 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 7,033
Posted By pbleed
"Keris and Other Malay Weapons"

I have - and do not need - a copy of G. B. Gardner's 1936 volume. I'd love to swap it would something interesting. Gun parts, VOC stuff, Namban gear. Anybody interested?
Peter
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th February 2020, 06:39 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 24,207
Posted By pbleed
I've come across blades with scabbards like this...

I've come across blades with scabbards like this but never known how they were worn. Can you clarify that?
Peter
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th January 2020, 10:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 17,135
Posted By pbleed
I so rarely have anything to contribute to this...

I so rarely have anything to contribute to this forum that it took me a while to add to this discussion. And in that delay, I think the issue of this blade has largely been solved. It is ABSOLUTELY a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th June 2017, 02:50 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 25,100
Posted By pbleed
This looks to me like the signature of the man...

This looks to me like the signature of the man who carved the fittings. It is probably in NO WAY a reference to whoever made the blade. If I had to - I'd read this signature a either "Hoichi" or...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th June 2017, 03:02 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 25,100
Posted By pbleed
While hunting Ainu cutlery I have seen a couple...

While hunting Ainu cutlery I have seen a couple of these short sword that have carved koshirae that seems to reference Ainu motif. They feature something like "fish scale" designs. they are carved on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th June 2017, 01:43 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 12,032
Posted By pbleed
Yep, a Chinese "fake." The best possible...

Yep, a Chinese "fake." The best possible construction is that it a post-War weapon made for the Peoples' Army - they did use IJA weapons as proto-types. It looks rather solidly made, but the Japanese...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th May 2017, 05:30 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 10,197
Posted By pbleed
This absolutely is a Japanese drill. These big...

This absolutely is a Japanese drill. These big ones were often operated with a bow or a rope.
Peter Bleed
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th March 2017, 11:54 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 20,905
Posted By pbleed
Dr. Stein is correct. this is a Japanese gunto...

Dr. Stein is correct. this is a Japanese gunto made in August 1943 by a cutlerer named Kanenori. He was a an established producer of military swords. This sword is a wirthy example of wartime...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 2nd January 2017, 10:23 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,666
Posted By pbleed
This sure looks like a straightening/truing tool....

This sure looks like a straightening/truing tool. I could easily see it as an armorer's tool.
Peter
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st March 2013, 12:55 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,451
Posted By pbleed
"Fake" japanese swords

Friends,
A couple of weeks back, I got my knuckles rapped for being short in my assessment of a blade that seemed to have a "Japanese" inscription. It was so obviously NOT authentic that I thought...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th March 2013, 11:20 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 19,069
Posted By pbleed
One of the high points of my life was a trip up...

One of the high points of my life was a trip up to NE Tibet, to the Town called Xaihe, where the great Ladrang temple is located in the early 1990's This has long been a contact point between...
Forum: European Armoury 5th March 2013, 04:33 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 13,742
Posted By pbleed
If this were mine, I would call it "a helm of a...

If this were mine, I would call it "a helm of a miniature!"
Peter
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th March 2013, 04:26 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 21,440
Posted By pbleed
Very interesting. It certainly could be a "one...

Very interesting. It certainly could be a "one off", but I agree with Trench that it has a Spanish colonial look. I'd like close ups of the scabbard fittings.
Peter
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th March 2013, 02:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 11,740
Posted By pbleed
This has been a very useful thread. Thanks. I...

This has been a very useful thread. Thanks. I have been tempted by these helmets - which seem to have burst rather suddenly on the market. The collectors' community needs this kind of candid...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th February 2013, 03:15 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 28,957
Posted By pbleed
Friends, This is an interesting gun. I...

Friends,
This is an interesting gun. I recommend taking at look at the matchlocks shown in Stone's glossary. I suggest that it is "south" Chinese or Indo-chinese. A neat piece.
Peter
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd February 2013, 09:18 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 16,246
Posted By pbleed
Fake Chinese blade

Friends,
I have a low tolerance for Chinese fakes. I fail to see how anybody could confuse this stuff with traditional cutlery. Unfortunately, the last time I let this bias manifest itself I was...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th February 2013, 02:22 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 30,689
Posted By pbleed
Well, gee. I tried in concrete terms to...

Well, gee.
I tried in concrete terms to explain what IJN daggers are really worth. There are lots of books and websites that offer this information on these blades. I did not mention the fact that...
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