Forum: European Armoury
17th May 2017, 12:51 AM
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According with the sources, the mark of the...
According with the sources, the mark of the perrillo always appear in authentic spanish blades accompanied by other stamps, seemingly personal stamps particular to each swordmaker. Some of those...
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Forum: European Armoury
16th May 2017, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 26
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The second one is outsandingly similar to a...
The second one is outsandingly similar to a "cuchillo criollo" of the gauchos. In both your cases, the widening of the blade after the hilt acted as a handguard to prevent the hand slipping down to...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 53,970
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 63
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 61,114
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 45
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 8
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Fer, please excuse me. I never thanked you for...
Fer, please excuse me. I never thanked you for your reply. Thank you.
I understand what do you mean, but even in a tourist-oriented market of traditional edged weapons you can find the original...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 08:37 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 06:38 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th May 2017, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 4
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It looks to me like a german sword from the end...
It looks to me like a german sword from the end of the 16th Century. The diamond or romboidal profile of the whole blade, the proportions and the form of the quillon makes me think so. Of course, I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2010, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th November 2010, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 19,731
With all due respect to my friend Abel, he does...
With all due respect to my friend Abel, he does not know the Mexican spurs. Atlantia has already demonstrated with examples that this kind of spurs also come from Mexico. Just see the photos. In any...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th November 2010, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 48
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2010, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 64,906
It seems that the machete is a spanish colonial...
It seems that the machete is a spanish colonial weapon-tool. Though there is not certainty about the origin of the name, the most accepted explanation relates its origin to a some kind of diminutive...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2010, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2010, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2010, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 23
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Thank you very much for those measures, Gene. I...
Thank you very much for those measures, Gene. I believe they will give a more deep understanding on the characteristics of this beautiful swords. Looking the picture I wouldnīt believe that the width...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2010, 12:28 AM
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Replies: 27
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Thank you for conffirming my "subjective"...
Thank you for conffirming my "subjective" statements. Of course, "cowboying" has a spanish, and latter a ver mexican origins on this geographical strip (there were not cattle, horses or spurs in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th October 2010, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 27
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Hi Gene,
It looks like a very fine spurs...
Hi Gene,
It looks like a very fine spurs from Amozoc, in the State of Puebla, Mexico. Usually, the inlaids are made with silver. Search on the internet for "espuelas de Amozoc" (spurs from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2010, 12:47 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,728
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2010, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,838
I agree with you, Fer. It seems like a knife in...
I agree with you, Fer. It seems like a knife in the so-called "Mediterranean" style. The button at the end of the tang, before the blade, is a classic feature on this style. It could be spanish. The...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd April 2010, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 8
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However unimportant my last post, I am obligued...
However unimportant my last post, I am obligued to make a correction: in my hurry I wrote mistakingly "Periplus to the Erythrean Sea"; I intened to write "Periplus to the Pontus Euxinus", since this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd April 2010, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 23
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My aim in making the precision about the...
My aim in making the precision about the ethnicity of those warriors on the above representations, has no other purpose than to point to a possible relation among the downcurved swords and the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2010, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 23
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