Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th November 2024, 06:58 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
8th November 2024, 03:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2024, 04:11 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
7th November 2024, 03:57 PM
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Based on post #9, third picture down. If the...
Based on post #9, third picture down. If the bottom left is a clear crystal it could represent water in the Chinese system and Aether/Askha in the other systems. If the three o'clock item is flint or...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
5th November 2024, 05:33 PM
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Sorta. I have seen some scholars who associate...
Sorta. I have seen some scholars who associate the vegetal pattern of David's hilt with traditional animist forest spirits. Both are pretty hilts! I have a particular affinity for the North Coast...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd November 2024, 08:59 PM
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Watterbury Button Co
I have a random question. Does anyone know anything about buttons? This is an old button from a trash deposit of a cabin that burned in the early 1950's. It some sort of US military pattern button or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2024, 07:16 PM
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To me these don't look like the OP example. The...
To me these don't look like the OP example. The OP silhouette is closer to what Tirri called a "Sudanese waist knife". The sheath reminds me of Syrian work in some ways, but "African" could fit the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2024, 04:27 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th October 2024, 10:17 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th October 2024, 05:48 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
29th October 2024, 05:47 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th October 2024, 04:31 PM
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Well said Jim. My apologies. Thank you for the...
Well said Jim. My apologies. Thank you for the reminder. Sometimes, as you know, it is easy to slip and embrace the continuity of history. The MISC forum is a good recommendation.
Fernando was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th October 2024, 04:42 PM
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Wood could be fire hardened by lightly charring...
Wood could be fire hardened by lightly charring and then scraping the char off. The wood underneath was darkened and hardened. It works well for making spears and projectile points. I don't know if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd October 2024, 05:34 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd October 2024, 04:50 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd October 2024, 10:23 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2024, 08:03 PM
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Help with the Moro Kris/Kalis/Sundang
Hi, I've been trying to wrap my head around the kris. I've been following the kris threads of the last few months with interest. Having reread them and Cato hope I am prepped enough to start asking...
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th October 2024, 10:10 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
19th October 2024, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 7
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Hi. I've been trying to wrap my head around the...
Hi. I've been trying to wrap my head around the keris/kris/kalis/sundang for several years now. Thanks to everyone for their help! In regard to the arrowhead motif, it spread to Moro blades it seems....
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2024, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 9
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I always thought they took the look from some...
I always thought they took the look from some knives made by Browning in the 1960's. I do not know what inspired the angular brown wood and brass fittings. So the answer to this knife could be...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th October 2024, 08:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2024, 03:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th October 2024, 11:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th October 2024, 05:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2024, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 30,311
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