Forum: European Armoury
5th December 2015, 10:58 PM
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So it is often said, but probably not the case....
So it is often said, but probably not the case. Almost certainly based on eastern European hussar sabres. There are 18th century, e.g., Hungarian, hussar blades where the family resemblance is clear.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th November 2015, 03:09 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2015, 10:09 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th November 2015, 08:51 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th November 2015, 11:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2015, 05:24 AM
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Replies: 26
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However, in practice, lamellar worn by infantry...
However, in practice, lamellar worn by infantry is still laced the same way, with the same kind of overlap (lower lamellae on the outside of the upper lamellae). Scale armour, whether worn by cavalry...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2015, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 26
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I think that there are 3 distinct families of...
I think that there are 3 distinct families of these jointed weapons.
1. Flails derived from agricultural threshing flails. Chinese and Korean military flails are examples. There's a section in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2015, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 26
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Having seen many of these offered for sale over...
Having seen many of these offered for sale over the years, I've wondered the same thing. Doesn't seem like it would be too hard to lace them correctly. But every single one I've seen has been laced...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2015, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st November 2015, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 28,014
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th October 2015, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 28,014
All the genuine ones I've seen are a bowl, with...
All the genuine ones I've seen are a bowl, with lamellar or textile defences hanging from it. The ones like this, with solid back and sides extended well below the front (or you could say that the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2015, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2015, 12:00 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2015, 02:39 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2015, 02:57 AM
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The outer straps are normal. But the usual...
The outer straps are normal. But the usual arrangement is only the outer straps, without the central handle (as in the attachment below). I'm wondering how common the central handle is as an...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2015, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 2
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3 strap Indian shield grips
I saw some interesting shield grips in some paintings illustrating the Akbarnama. As well as the usual two straps seen on Indian and Persian shields/dhal, there is a thicker central grip.
Any...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2015, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 57
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I haven't previously considered it. My first...
I haven't previously considered it. My first thoughts are that it developed from parrying weapons with a spiked knucklebow. I haven't looked to see if there are surviving spiked knucklebow weapons of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2015, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 18
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Khyber knives
Here are three Khyber knives (or two and a half, since one is a bare blade).
I bought the top one new, in the late 1980s. Horn grip. Maker unknown; it's the kind of thing made by the likes of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th September 2015, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,706
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th September 2015, 09:51 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
4th September 2015, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 9
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Scabbards deteriorate faster than swords....
Scabbards deteriorate faster than swords. Somebody threw them out.
The only old surviving Japanese odachi scabbards I've seen are for temple swords, and I don't recall seeing a scabbard for a Ming...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd September 2015, 05:13 AM
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This kind of separate blade can be seen on...
This kind of separate blade can be seen on various Indian spears. In this case, it (probably) means the blade is relatively thin. So not a lance head intended to pierce armour with. So if a cavalry...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd September 2015, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th August 2015, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 36
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What kind of weights are we talking about?
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What kind of weights are we talking about?
In my limited experience, older Moro kris sit at about 600-700g, and are ergonomically nice (some, even beautiful) fighting weapons (approximately the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2015, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 9
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There have been types of dao without guards,...
There have been types of dao without guards, including recent ones (see pic), and plenty of Han through Tang dao. But I think most, if not almost all, dadao had guards. I don't remember seeing a...
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