Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2013, 03:20 PM
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Salaam Ibrahiim
Your rusty folder looks like...
Salaam Ibrahiim
Your rusty folder looks like a UK military style jackknife - you may find the makers name, year and MOD (WD) broad arrow (/l\) on the shoulder of the main blade. The can opener is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2013, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 104
Views: 187,283
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2013, 09:50 AM
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There are a few knife makers still working in...
There are a few knife makers still working in Sheffield, so the tradition continues - even at least one Little Meister still hand making knives. Sadly British draconian knife laws have reduced sales...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2013, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 36
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2013, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 104
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Prior to the invention of the secateurs, c 1830...
Prior to the invention of the secateurs, c 1830 and their gradual introduction into viniculture and later horticulture in the late 19th/early 20th century, all pruning of vines, fruit trees, fruit...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2013, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 41,944
You learn something new each day:
Bufala...
You learn something new each day:
Bufala mediterranea italiana, is the only indigenous Italian breed of water buffalo.It is of the River subtype of water buffalo, and is similar to the buffalo...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd September 2013, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 36
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2013, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 104
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2013, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 36
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Flint sickles, with a body made of antler, wood...
Flint sickles, with a body made of antler, wood or bone, with the flints held in by resin have been found in Iron Age sites in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. Stone axes are also well known, but the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2013, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 41,944
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2013, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 41,944
Hi Jimmy
At first glance of the blade shape,...
Hi Jimmy
At first glance of the blade shape, I would say Italian, maybe Austrian - chip carving is common on items from the European Alps, and a mushroom type handle although rare in Italy, is not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2013, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 36
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2013, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 41,944
Can you please add a full side on image to the...
Can you please add a full side on image to the above?? It may help to identify its origins... I would class this as a billhook (or pruning hook/tea hook) - the tool in question is almost certainly a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2013, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 41,944
I have several of these, one bought with some...
I have several of these, one bought with some other tools (from the Indian subcontinent), and seen several others. Mine are not to hand, but I have a couple of images of some sold in France a year or...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th September 2013, 08:05 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2013, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 30
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Croissant
Ha! Ha! Croissant = crescent = half moon... The croissant (tool) is a curved blade, often with a hook on the back, fitted to a long handle by a socket. The English equivalent is the slasher. This...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th May 2013, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 30
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Plough Coulter
Hi
The original item is almost certainly a plough coulter - the origins of the word for knife in Latin 'cultellus' also gives us words such as cut, cutter in English and couteau in French.
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Forum: European Armoury
20th August 2012, 08:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2012, 09:41 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2012, 04:57 PM
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Asian (or Indian??) billhook
Hi
Can anyone identify the origins of this billhook for me?? The query was sent to me via my website in the hope I could identify it. My best guess is Indian or SE Asia - it has features common to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th December 2011, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 3
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Just seen one on sale online in the USA, and...
Just seen one on sale online in the USA, and looked at the old (2004) link on the forum http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002389.html so I thought I'd add my twopenneth worth of ideas...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th November 2011, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2011, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,997
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2011, 07:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2011, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 5
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Unknown sickle shaped weapon
Hi
I was sent these images via my website as the owner thought they are billhooks, and she wants to identify them. They were her grandfather's, so I guess pre WW2 and probably pre WW1...
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