Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th July 2005, 08:52 AM
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hello,
I am deninitely no expert in this...
hello,
I am deninitely no expert in this kind of weapon but I would say that this is a kudi or kudijang from Java.
You may take a look here:
http://www.valiantco.com/
and here:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2005, 08:59 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th June 2005, 12:41 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2005, 09:11 AM
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I don't know if this is important but the tang...
I don't know if this is important but the tang seems to be welded onto the blade. Concerning the blade, maybe there once was an inscription on it which did not suit the new owner so he destroyd it....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th June 2005, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th May 2005, 08:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2005, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 19
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Don't get me wrong but You write about Wootz...
Don't get me wrong but You write about Wootz steel but as far as I see it the left blade is made of pattern welded Damaskus steel with the pattern resembling some kind of small roses or rain drops!?!...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2005, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,248
wolviex,
that is what I meant. At a first...
wolviex,
that is what I meant. At a first glance it looks like a 17th century Lanzknecht dagger but at a closer look concerníng its quality it seems to be a copy of low quality made in the 19th...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2005, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2005, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: European Armoury
4th January 2005, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,372
Could possibly a special kind of Gaucho dagger...
Could possibly a special kind of Gaucho dagger called Caronera. As described in the article "Knives of the Gauchos" by Abel A. Domenech published in Knives'88:
"...There existed a particular and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2004, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 39,851
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