Forum: European Armoury
22nd August 2019, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 25,125
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Forum: European Armoury
21st August 2019, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 25,125
Sumatran
Hi guys,
I'm a bit late to the party, but the sword is probably from Sumatra. They had a tradition of these lion-headed European style hilts with stirrup type guard. Many VOC blades ended up there...
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Forum: Swap Forum
4th July 2019, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 5,485
New arms and armor website
Dear members,
Two years in the making from the first sketches to the actual result, but we finally finished the first version of the new:
http://www.mandarinmansion.com
The idea behind the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2019, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,755
I second that. It looks to me like a piece of...
I second that. It looks to me like a piece of higher carbon edge steel with a subtle straight grain inserted in a body of more burl patterned mild carbon steel, the whole then heat treated.
If the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2019, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 13,676
Hi guys,
Nice piece! Yours is a standard...
Hi guys,
Nice piece! Yours is a standard pattern Qing military officer's saber of the mid 19th century, probably of northern origin, possibly Beijing. The greenish grip wrap was once a deep indigo...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2019, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,458
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2019, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,458
Hi guys! Thanks for the endorsements.
This...
Hi guys! Thanks for the endorsements.
This is a very interesting quiver. It is of a type worn primarily in the capital for court assemblies. Imperial guards had several sets, with a different...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2018, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 80,101
Good point Ariel. I currently have two sabers...
Good point Ariel. I currently have two sabers here with Mamluk inspired blade decor, chiseled in relief from the forte. Both have a long inscription on the longer, upper part.
As for the habaki...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2018, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,008
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2018, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 16,218
Interesting anecdote on the double swords. The...
Interesting anecdote on the double swords. The idea they may be presents for certain occasions would help explain why there are so many of them, often with blades that wouldn't be serviceable. There...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2018, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 21,495
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2018, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 38,327
Hi Ian,
So nice to hear from you!
...
Hi Ian,
So nice to hear from you!
Ah yes. It seems Yunnan produced a large variety of knives, swords and daggers at the time that catered to many different markets, from Chinese to the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2018, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 38,327
Thanks Nathaniel, very useful!
Bowditch on...
Thanks Nathaniel, very useful!
Bowditch on his website, last updated July 28, 2007;
"One significant change that has been made is the phasing out of the now-obsolete Greaves-Winston typing...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2018, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 38,327
Greaves-Winston typology
Hi all,
I'm trying to learn more about Burmese dha classifications so I can find out more on a number of dha I have.
When digging through Mark Bowditch's site on the matter he often refers to...
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Forum: Swap Forum
14th February 2018, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 7,464
Book on Manchu archery
Hi guys,
Some of you may remember my talk in Timonium in 2008 on Manchu archery.
10 years later I'm still greatly interested in the culture and I was asked to be guest editor for a publication...
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Forum: Swap Forum
14th February 2018, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,221
Book on Manchu archery
Hi guys,
Some of you may remember my talk in Timonium in 2008 on Manchu archery.
10 years later I'm still greatly interested in the culture and I was asked to be guest editor for a publication...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2017, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 32,985
Thanks!
And yes, a lot of vagueness is...
Thanks!
And yes, a lot of vagueness is involved. Sometimes even in official texts! For one it seems that the Huangchao Liqi Tushi, a standard work on ceremonial regalia and arms, used some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2017, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 12,322
Famous provenance is surely "nice to have", and...
Famous provenance is surely "nice to have", and in case of a weapon of a famous person could indeed drive the price up a lot. This is more true for something belonging to a famous historical figure...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2017, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 32,985
Hi Dave,
Thanks for posting!
The...
Hi Dave,
Thanks for posting!
The article is not finished yet, but I will link to it once it is done. I do have an article up featuring some of these sabers:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2017, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 32,985
Thanks!
And good question. I had pondered a...
Thanks!
And good question. I had pondered a while over the size of this man. I ended up choosing 175cm for two reasons:
1. It's a common size for a person in most of the English speaking world,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2017, 11:11 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 32,985
Thanks for the encouragements!
I had...
Thanks for the encouragements!
I had wondered the same about the beidao. It could well refer to the way it was carried because names like yaodao, peidao "waist sabers" and daidao "belt sabers" all...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd May 2017, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 32,985
Weapons of the Chinese Green Standard Army
Hi guys,
I just finished an infographic on edged weapons used by the Qing danasty Green Standard Army that will accompany an article in my site.
It is based on the information from the 1766...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th September 2016, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 28,957
Chinese, Southern minorities
Hi guys, I don't check the forum that often so I must have missed this post.
The gun in question is most likely from the Miao people, an ethnic minority living in large parts of southern China,...
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Forum: Swap Forum
4th May 2016, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 5,075
Taking the plunge to full-time antique arms
Dear forum members,
Hereby I want to make use of the forum's kind policy of allowing me to introduce my business to you.
I've been a collector, researching mostly Qing dynasty arms for about 11...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th January 2016, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,300
Hi guys,
That's a very nice set of hudiedao...
Hi guys,
That's a very nice set of hudiedao you got there. I also very much like the engravings on the blade, thanks for sharing.
As for the exact file work on the back, file work of many kinds...
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