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Jim McDougall · 10th July 2008, 02:31 AM

Hi Chevalier,
Thank you for responding, and for giving us some insight into your interests, which are admirably wide in scope. Ward's advice is extremely well stated, and most of us can attest to the importance of using caution in acquiring pieces, avoid allowing emotion to override good sense. As a well scarred, once passionate collector who has learned this well over many years, I gratefully have become able to recollect these as 'adventures' and accept them as 'tuition' .

Stay with us here and feel free to ask all you want....the guys here are incredibly knowledgable on all manner of weaponry, and if you use the search feature you can pretty much find answers in some degree on everything. Check the 'classic threads' and read the early makers trademarks and you will find lots of detail on the trade blades you note as having your attention.

My collecting days are over, but I very much love researching weapons, and always look forward to the examples everyone shares here. I think we all have pretty much dealt with limited budgets in collecting, so it is very important to 'fire for effect' and knowledge is your most essential ammunition.We're with ya!

welcome to the forum John.

All the best,
Jim

chevalier · 10th July 2008, 02:40 PM

thanks very much everyone!

since i got my stimulus check ive been on kind of a tear looking for (and bidding on) weapons that catch my fancy, i lost out on two balkan daggers that i thought i had in the bag till someone slipped in at the last second and beat me to the punch:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230264213939

and

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=300234347749

i was really interested in the second one because it looks like some sort of makeshift kindjal.

anyways i hope to accquire one more good peice before i stop buying for a while (and start saving for the next potential peice!

) bills to pay and groceries to buy, hehe.

chevalier · 10th July 2008, 02:47 PM

actually my current weapon wishlist is as follows: (in no particular order)

yataghan

moro kris

tulwar

tegha

khyber knife/sword

piso podang

parang nabur

strangely enough, i have very little interest in japanese blades, everyone else i know who is into sword collecting loves them more than any other blade.

10th July 2008, 02:31 AM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,278	Hi Chevalier, Thank you for responding, and for giving us some insight into your interests, which are admirably wide in scope. Ward's advice is extremely well stated, and most of us can attest to the importance of using caution in acquiring pieces, avoid allowing emotion to override good sense. As a well scarred, once passionate collector who has learned this well over many years, I gratefully have become able to recollect these as 'adventures' and accept them as 'tuition' . Stay with us here and feel free to ask all you want....the guys here are incredibly knowledgable on all manner of weaponry, and if you use the search feature you can pretty much find answers in some degree on everything. Check the 'classic threads' and read the early makers trademarks and you will find lots of detail on the trade blades you note as having your attention. My collecting days are over, but I very much love researching weapons, and always look forward to the examples everyone shares here. I think we all have pretty much dealt with limited budgets in collecting, so it is very important to 'fire for effect' and knowledge is your most essential ammunition.We're with ya! welcome to the forum John. All the best, Jim

10th July 2008, 02:40 PM	#2
chevalier Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 119	thanks very much everyone! since i got my stimulus check ive been on kind of a tear looking for (and bidding on) weapons that catch my fancy, i lost out on two balkan daggers that i thought i had in the bag till someone slipped in at the last second and beat me to the punch: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230264213939 and http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=300234347749 i was really interested in the second one because it looks like some sort of makeshift kindjal. anyways i hope to accquire one more good peice before i stop buying for a while (and start saving for the next potential peice! ) bills to pay and groceries to buy, hehe.

10th July 2008, 02:47 PM	#3
chevalier Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 119	actually my current weapon wishlist is as follows: (in no particular order) yataghan moro kris tulwar tegha khyber knife/sword piso podang parang nabur strangely enough, i have very little interest in japanese blades, everyone else i know who is into sword collecting loves them more than any other blade.