Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2011, 03:20 PM
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Thanks for all the valuable suggestions.
It's...
Thanks for all the valuable suggestions.
It's really amazing what can be learned on this forum :)
@Michael
Good advice with the Ruq'ah script. But this is currently far beyond my abilities. I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2011, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 12
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Thank you! :)
I have been sitting here with...
Thank you! :)
I have been sitting here with a table of the arabian alphabet and didn't recognize anything.
But now that you say it, i see the 'ain and mim. I can not, however, recognize the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th May 2011, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 12
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Yemeni Jambiya/Thuma with strange markings
Picked this one up along the way. The seller knew nothing about it except that it was brought back from the UK in the late 1940ies together with a gunong and a kukri (strange combination :confused:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2011, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 14
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Hello everybody,
USB microscopes can be...
Hello everybody,
USB microscopes can be really fun and may even be sufficient for the task at hand but everthing written on the box should be taken with a containership-load of salt.
Here is an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2011, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 22,072
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2011, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 8,824
It is a bit tedious but examining the surface...
It is a bit tedious but examining the surface with a simple microscope might help on the unreadable sections. I'm sure if you ask politely, someone from the university of Queensland will help you...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
3rd March 2011, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,118
Again, thank you for the very interesting...
Again, thank you for the very interesting information.
There is really a lot to learn from this forum :)
And exactly that is what i thought could be the origin of the rectangular shapes right...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
2nd March 2011, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2011, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 22,072
I'm afraid there is not much of a story.
The...
I'm afraid there is not much of a story.
The blade is a chainpure ang khola and the horn hilt and horn scabbard with inlays indicate a Dhankute origin.
It is not old. Made within the last 20...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2011, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2011, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 35,730
Very beautiful piece indeed :eek:
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Very beautiful piece indeed :eek:
From the photos it looks like the clamp is attached to a rivet going through the kris. So this would be not only be a very attractive but also a very...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
1st March 2011, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,118
Thanks for all the input and the pictures of...
Thanks for all the input and the pictures of other samples.
The repairs look almost exactly like the repair on my blade.
This seams to be a common technique to repair a
broken peksi. In fact it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2011, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2011, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th February 2011, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,118
Keris with pesi repair?
Today i want to share a keris that i bought a few months ago. From my (very) limited knowledge i would classify its dapur as Sengkelat and the (rather battered) warangka as Ladrang Kadipaten of Solo...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th January 2011, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 50,351
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd January 2011, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 17,646
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd January 2011, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 50,351
Maybe i should add that i don't belong to the...
Maybe i should add that i don't belong to the group of people that think that this item is a household item or a bucket. There were much better designs for such items at that time.
In my opinion...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2011, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 50,351
Hmm, i don't understand why everyone is so...
Hmm, i don't understand why everyone is so exicted about the new pictures... :shrug:
The picture cornelistomp posted is not that of another specimen but (as he wrote himself) of the very same...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th December 2010, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 56,897
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th December 2010, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 56,897
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th December 2010, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 56,897
Interesting thread...
Here is a regional...
Interesting thread...
Here is a regional billhook from the area where i live.
It is called "Haubergsknipp" or just "Knipp".
It is used in a traditional kind of woodland management called...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2010, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,934
@Spunjer & Tunggulametung
Thanks for the...
@Spunjer & Tunggulametung
Thanks for the pictures and detailed instructions.
I will definitely build a test-setup ( I have more than
enough rusty stuff lying around). If i will use it for the ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2010, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,934
Thanks a lot for all the interesting input.
...
Thanks a lot for all the interesting input.
@Sajen
Yes, i fear i'm infected... and all because i was looking for a new pocket knife... :o
The advice of using citric acid instead of pineapple...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2010, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 20,934
Rusty Moro Kris
Recently i rescued this moro kris.
For my untrained eye it looks like Maguindanao and (because the ganja seem to be seperate) before 1900.
The hilt is not original to the blade as i can see traces...
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