Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th February 2013, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 31
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There are two blades here.
The Navy Dagger is...
There are two blades here.
The Navy Dagger is absolutely a piece of WWII era Japanese militaria.
The other blade is absolutely Modern Chinese production. Your father wasted his money. It will be...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th May 2011, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 39,157
posters on the Bourke armor
Dear Friends,
The press of other chores has kept me from responding to the addtions to this thread. I do thank you all.
Please let me also call your attention to a pair of posters on the scale...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th March 2011, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,385
another attempt
Friends,
Forgive me for mismanageing this. I see the image when I open the message on the forum, but let's try again. I am eager to get your reactions and insights.
Peter
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Forum: European Armoury
19th March 2011, 04:48 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,385
helmet with the scale armor
Friends. Found together with the scale armor I described to the forum last week was an iron helmet. Please let me show that to the list and request your help. It appears much like a billed...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th March 2011, 03:34 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 39,157
responses to Cole's questions
Dear Friends,
cole and I had a couple of off line exchanges. Perhaps some on the forum will find them of interest
Thanks very much your message. I appreciate that Alan Senenfelder was kind enough...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2011, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 39,157
the nut
To breathe life into this discussion, please allow me to attach an image of the brass nut on this inside of the scale armor. I am not sure how old it may be, but I doubt that it is Roman.
Peter
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2011, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 39,157
provenance
Dear Mr. Senefelder,
Thanks for yu comments. This armor was the property of a frontier Army staff office, John Gregory Bourke. He had got it in about 1870 in Arizona, but it came with a story of...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2011, 01:36 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 39,157
scale attachment
Assuming you are still willing to look deeper into this armor...
Let let me show you the under side of the scales of this armor. This image is taken from the 'front' of the armor. The scales are...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2011, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 39,157
The back and a detail
Friends,
Thank you very much for the replies and the encouragement. I will attach a "rear view" of the mantle. It shows the 'inside' of the armor and the fabric that is the core of the armor. The...
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2011, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 39,157
mebbe a picture would help
Respected Friends,
There have been no takers on this challenge. May I try ti attach a picture. What is this and how it it get to the Plains?
Peter
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2011, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 39,157
Scale armor
Dear Friends,
With a team of students I am researching a scale armor "mantle" in the collection of the Nebraska State Historical Society. This armor has a history that goes back to 1870, but is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2010, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,025
Japanese Knife Blade
I am sure that this is a post-war Japanese "paper knife" the sort of thing somebody would keep in there desk to, well, cut paper or wahtwever. There were common in "craft stores" 30 years ago. Folk...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2010, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,336
signed tsuba
Dirk,
This is a very suspicious item. Mokko refers to 4-lobed so this is NOT mokko-gata. I also would have a hard time calling it Shoami -since it appears to be "soft metal." Actually it looks like...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2010, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,331
The forum Works!
Dear Friends,
I have read this evolving discussion with deep appreciation.
Thank you all!
I fret over the posting of images.I truly am well out of my element with 19th Century English blades so...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th March 2010, 02:49 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,331
another image
Dear Friends,
I hope I am asking a question that is appropriate to the list. Another image might show the location of the etched panel more clearly. It is on the left face of the blade, immediatly...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2010, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,331
warrant panel
I hope this image will arrive to show the warrant panel I just disussed
PB
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2010, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,331
Warranted 1796 Sword
Friends,
Once again I climb the learning curve of posting on this forum to seek expert insights on a sword I recently acquired. It is certainly a model of 1796 British light cavalry sword in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th December 2009, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 5
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I am pretty sure that this is simply a police...
I am pretty sure that this is simply a police sword. The stamped message on the guard says "Yamaguchi-ken (Prefecture) No. 1415". I see no evidence of military usage - and it certainly does not seem...
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Forum: European Armoury
21st November 2009, 03:40 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 90,008
Am I too suspicious
Friends,
This list is consistently polite and positive and I admire that, but....
I have to say that I am very suspicious of this piece. The blade and the guard may be all right, but the grip...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th November 2009, 12:58 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,222
tanto or WAHATEVERRR!
Rich is right. The pictures are not adequate, but, , , I'm absolutely sure this is recent Chinese, ahhh.... fantasy.
Peter
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2009, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 16,610
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Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2009, 01:28 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 20,027
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2009, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,498
comment on "tanto"
If this were a Japanese tanto - and of course, it is not - it would appear to be signed and dated. The "date" says something like "Joji 2nd year", but I can't record of any such date - - and it looks...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th July 2009, 03:41 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 18,228
Ainu??
Forgive my slow response. Getting places that require a pass word are always a challenge to me.
I certainly agree that this knife is very nice and quite attractive. IMHO, however, it is NOT "Ainu."...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th May 2009, 03:14 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 24,336
this issue requires definition
What an interesting thread this has been. Thank you all. It brings tomy mind whatkind of sword ought to be called a 'rapier.' Most of the swords we find and call rapiers are a good deal lighter than...
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