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- Mandara (???) dagger
- Markings on Ottoman Sabre
- An amalgmation of Europe and Asia, Shamshir
- Strange Shield for Discussion
- Seme to clean up.
- Old Nigerian ?? Takouba
- Unusual Nigerian knife
- Twin Burmese knives
- Pedang from java (?)
- Arab Cutlasses of the Pirate Coast
- An unusual African knife was a big surprise at auction
- Fully wire-wrapped Zulu Knobkerrie
- TRUELOVE Bowie
- Luzon short sword, looking for more information please
- Indo-persian axe with inerteed steel.
- New bought Pedang for comment and opinions.
- A Simple Question About Philippine Weapons
- Help with identifying heavy blade short sword
- Horseshoe(?) markings on takouba/aljuinar blade
- Please show your examples of ethnographic double knives
- Rare Korean eunjangdo
- WW2-era Philippine blade: Pangasinan talunasan
- Armenian Yatagan with Extreme Curve
- Articles On Arab Arms
- Indian Wootz Shamshir with antler hilt?
- Yemeni matchlock
- Sword Cane / Swagger Stick?
- A new to me Sabiki or Dharia.
- Another Machete.
- Mandingo or not.
- Kukri from Birmingham (UK) antique arms fair.
- Rencong
- Dragon handled walking stick
- Another Afar gile
- Help with translation of the Ottoman yatagan, 18th century.
- Remarkable tulwar with unusual provenance
- Origin of the term "Garab."
- Nice little Sumatran (?) dagger for sharing & comment
- Bronze spear head African?
- Old knife from period of the Anglo-Zulu Wars
- Mandau for identification
- Certain “Indian” swords and their relation to the Afghan Shashkas
- Another amalgamation sword your taughts
- Middle Asian (?) dagger for identification
- Group of small African knives for comments
- Amazing studded and wired Knobkerrie
- Horn-tipped spear for comment and discussion
- Navaja Toledo knife
- Unknown Club
- another wild card, Tibetan I think comments and ID help appreciated.
- Recent technical issues
- New arrivals
- Shona Bakatwa
- budjak mindanao
- Old Pantar dance shield for sharing
- Genoui/s'boula?
- Balkan Miquelet-Lock Rifle (Arnautka)?
- Help to Decipher Islamic scrip of Yataghans
- Unusual African spear head/ring axe combo
- Small knife for ID
- Afghan Tabarzin
- Strange repair to shamshir cross guard - Advice needed
- Unknown spearheads
- Two Bagobo swords for repatriation ...
- Two sickle knives from India (?) for identification
- Aluminum hilt blade
- Impressions of the book Arms and armor in the khanates of Central Asia
- Presumed Wedung with Figural Hilt
- Mystery sword - tourist/souvenir piece?
- African Spear
- Indonesian spear with brass blade
- Interesting old fighter - Philippines?
- Persian Shamshir fullering techniques and their Afghan imitations
- Does anyone else have a Shona Knife This Large
- thouma jambiya for comment
- Illegal balisong
- Translation please
- Rather nice add on to my sewar collection
- Can we call them Genoui daggers ?
- short unknown club
- Morrocan (?) powder flask
- Short Sword ID Requested
- Tabak Batangas
- Tabak Batangas 2
- kris tulid
- African knife
- Atlatl from where?
- Help ID'ing African Dagger
- Need help with identifying Moroccan Koummya
- A very, very old Moro kris
- Thoughts on this crude spear?
- Jafle jambiya
- Khanjar
- Unusual sabers from West Africa
- Takouba with a forte.
- Early 20th century Greek knife for translation
- Similarities in design between Afghan axes and Musandam/Jerrs axes
- Mark and missing metal on a karabella type of sword
- Question(s) on the use of Chassepot/yataghan bayonets
- Long Arm Miquelet-c1800-All Steel Tanchika
- Pacific Islander knife?
- Strange knife
- Anglo Indian sword - ID needed!
- Did The Ottomans ever use guardless sabres?
- Small bichaq for translation & comments
- Belatu/Balato from South Nias
- Borneo Kota Belud golok or parang?
- Unknown dagger for ID and comment
- Short sword West Africa
- shipping ex USA ....
- Identifying/Conserving a Kaskara from the late 60s or earlier
- A club for identification
- kris brass
- Greek Kariophili dated 1846
- Makers Mark
- Moro kris for comment
- Properties Of Wootz
- Weapons of Moroland plaque
- Pesh-kabz
- Restoration of the scabbard of a Caucasian dagger
- Help, anyone familiar with such a knife?
- Shamshir ,But From Where?
- Help for translation of inscription in Greek.
- Mechanical Damascus Koumya Blade
- Indian Sword to Share
- Hilt Identification
- Zeytun Acari Acquired
- Hmong knife to share
- Brass tulwar hilt for comment please
- Sikh kirpan or other origin ?
- An old Ginunting
- The Takouba Sword.
- Tumbuk Lada or Sewar
- Bronze Age socketed axe head mould
- Three new Philippines knives including an Apalit bolo
- Help with Armenian (Ottoman) Kindjal/Khanjal/Qama
- Takouba with five fullers
- Short Sword Tubu
- Makers mark on 19th century 'star and comet' Kaskara blade
- Possible Armenian sword for comments
- Yemen Jambiya Khanjar Dagger Horn??
- Old Yatagan
- Janissar Weapons
- Help identifying Qajar Kindjal
- A pair of Africa found swords
- Sulawesi Badik?
- Barung with chopmark/stamp
- Moro Spearhead, but from what Battle?
- Please help id this slasher
- Wedung from Bali?
- A Jambiah Perhaps?
- An interesting african knife with inscription
- Another Malaysia Badik or Sewar?
- Keris, inscription, rough age.
- Luristan I
- Luristan II
- Batak or Dayak Knife?
- Billao
- Another Blade For ID Please
- Interesting Philippine Sword
- Seeking information about crossbow use in Philippines
- Extreme Plamenko?
- A Kerambit Perhaps?
- Tombak For ID
- Lead / grease / flint container
- Short sword, Fur, Sudan
- African Spears
- A Batak Piso?
- Marked Sundanese Pisau Raut: Galuh-Pajajaran?
- Throwing spear, Sudan?
- Miquelet lock
- Restored shamshir
- Small car boot sale knife
- Islamic barrel Blunderbuss
- New shamshir: hoping for a diamond in the rough.
- Albino horn hilted pira
- Why do some pulwars and Tulwars have sloppily and roughy cut fullers?
- New Blades For Identification
- Why does this finely made khyber knife have an incomplete fuller?
- Ceremonial sword, Hemba/Luba, D.R. Congo
- Very old Visayan kris
- Help to read inscirptions on a choora blade
- An unusual 'dha'
- Help with a couple old metallic arrow points
- Katar
- Flissa sword without ornement , origin and age ?
- Janus-headed, large-bladed African knife
- Old persian sword
- Heiho that's been around
- Two Fang swords.
- Age of an tibetan short sword
- Someone bought this as?
- Upper class Datu ivory, swassa, and silver barong
- Are there any good English language books on Caucasian arms and armor?
- Afghan choora on steroids
- Two Sudanese shields
- Colonial cosh swagger stick
- Persian qama ?
- Two dha, Birmese and Laotian Hmong Montagnard?
- ring shaped pommel
- My first Nimcha
- Pesh-kabz Translation
- Kipinga
- Moro Kris video
- Very unusual presentation kris/keris—Malay?
- Crude Tanto from my first post
- New pedang lurus enter the collection soon
- Where is this Shield from?
- "Early" Moro kris
- Korean Eunjangdo
- Greek Translation Requested
- Help with Identification
- Iraqi khanjar?
- A Sword/Sabre To Identify
- A Tombak For ID
- Exceptional Philippine weapons auctioned in Spain
- Questions regarding this origin of this grip construction on Afghan swords
- Moro Kris sold yesterday
- Beautiful karit
- Parang Ilang (?) same auction
- Two sikin panjang enter my collection
- club
- Help identifying old spearhead
- Unusual Palmwood Spears
- Ethiopian Shield - request for translation from Italian
- Pistol Identification
- van Gogh Zeybek yatagan translation assistance
- Three Boa's
- Mystery knife for comment and id
- Massive Piha Kaetta with figurine hilt
- Need some help with translation of Djawi on a Rencong
- Syrian(?) Kindjal
- Bonifacio knife?
- Kachin style dha/dao
- Interesting East or Southern African(???) spear-sword
- Small Indonesian knife.
- Another Panabas
- MA G DA RA ?
- Toradar Matchlock Markings Help
- All steel khanjar
- My first Bhutanese/Tibetan knife
- Tulwar Hilted Shamshir
- Some old weapons I own for ID
- Kris pommel attachment
- Chinese Fish head Dao, very thick
- Small Ottoman (?) iron buckler
- Small bronze sword
- Gile Jile or what have you.
- Antique kalis for comment
- Pitchfork tip mezrak
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