Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2017, 03:13 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2017, 02:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2017, 02:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2017, 08:09 AM
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Very well exposed by Philip.
Colin, if you...
Very well exposed by Philip.
Colin, if you like to see movies, get "War of the Arrows" (Choi-jong-byeong-gi hwal, 2011, english subs). There you can find observations from the Manchu warriors,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2017, 07:10 AM
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Very understandable, Fernando. "A por los.." is...
Very understandable, Fernando. "A por los.." is an old castilian expression, not used anymore. Meaning more or less "Let's fall over the French" or, as Chris said, "Let's attack the French". The king...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2017, 03:35 AM
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Actually, the translation would be: "Let's go...
Actually, the translation would be: "Let's go over the French, hurray for the king, hurray for Spain". Don't forget that the Frech were the enemies. That was the moment when the Spanish people...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th June 2017, 01:57 AM
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I think the general geometry, the decorative...
I think the general geometry, the decorative motifs, their workmanship and the material of the handle (what is the black stuff, where was it traded and worked?) could be the key to solve this matter....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th June 2017, 01:40 AM
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Replies: 77
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Mr. Maisey,
I find your contributions very...
Mr. Maisey,
I find your contributions very sensible and useful. I am personally interested in the "engineering" aspects on the construction of edged weapons and your reasonings on this subject are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2017, 05:35 PM
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Hi Chris,
It is nice to "talk" with you...
Hi Chris,
It is nice to "talk" with you again. You are right, I forgot Philip V was enthroned in 1700. :eek: :shrug: My apologies.
I have some doubts about the work of Forton. The locking...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2017, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 77
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Hi Chris,
You are correct concerning the...
Hi Chris,
You are correct concerning the Spanish legislation on edged weapons, but it was not privative of the borbonic regime. Carlos III reigned from 1759 to 1788, but before his legislation on...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th June 2017, 06:31 AM
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Sorry, just to clarify: facones have only one...
Sorry, just to clarify: facones have only one edge, dagas (daggers) have two. Argentinians differenciate both. Gaucho daggers are usually very large, but I have not seen them all. Although this type...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2017, 10:09 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2017, 04:24 AM
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Hi Miguel,
Are you sure that the Tiger's Tooth...
Hi Miguel,
Are you sure that the Tiger's Tooth has 4 inches (10cm) at the widest part of the blade? It seems disproportionate with its total lenght, but I can be mistaken. The surface of the blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th June 2017, 09:22 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th June 2017, 06:02 PM
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I don´t have definitive knowledge about this...
I don´t have definitive knowledge about this stamp, so I can only speculate. The crown seems to be an independent mark from the initials. They are not made by the same tool, otherwise the crown and...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2017, 02:39 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2017, 02:36 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2017, 02:23 AM
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It could have a shortened blade, in my...
It could have a shortened blade, in my perception. As for the guards, I don´t know if this could help. The picture is a fresco in the Aarhus Cathedral in Denmark, 15th Century.
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Forum: European Armoury
9th June 2017, 02:01 AM
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It looks almost identical to the trooper light...
It looks almost identical to the trooper light cavalry saber model 1840, if for the "belly" on the hilt, since the photograph, as per Vicente Toledo Momparler´s book Espadas Españolas Militares y...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th May 2017, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 63
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Forum: European Armoury
20th May 2017, 01:34 AM
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I forgot. According with the Catálogo...
I forgot. According with the Catálogo Histórico-Descriptivo de la Real Armería de Madrid, by the Count of Valencia de Don Juan (1898), p.201, perhaps the term "Lobera" was used in the sense that the...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th May 2017, 09:23 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th May 2017, 05:26 AM
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Interesting thread!
In my humble opinion,...
Interesting thread!
In my humble opinion, the "tunkou" also helps much in reducing the nasty vibrations of the blade when you hit in the wrong manner. This protects the hand and the blade. But I...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th May 2017, 04:20 AM
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Replies: 63
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Though I repeated the common statement that...
Though I repeated the common statement that Julian del Rey was a converse (probably baptized by the king Ferdinand the Catholic), other sources points in other direction. Germán Dueñaz Beraiz, in...
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Forum: European Armoury
17th May 2017, 08:56 AM
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