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- Seme
- Armor-piercing Cone from 770-220 BC
- New here
- Moro Bugis Sewar
- Two old Maguindanao kris--with some differences related to age
- Japanese weapons
- Origin of this Tombak
- Wall plaque with philippines edged weapons
- Old Moro kris blade with Spanish(?) hilt
- Bronze Spear, 3000 years old
- Omani khanjar with ivory handle
- Australian aboriginal club
- Two other Oceanian clubs
- Indian Dagger (possibly Mughal) for Comment
- Talibong of unknown origin
- Unusual Takouba or Something Else?
- Kindjal with Gurian-Adjarian type blade
- Silver flintlock
- Balkan / Ottoman pieces for discussion
- Jade hilted khyber knife
- Names of African Swords
- A "new" Luzon bolo enter the collection
- Dsashka
- Ceremonial Spear? Dayak? Batak? or ?____?
- Sharing Moro Kris data
- Cane knife.
- Nice Moro Kampillan
- VOC marked pedang
- Question about "scimitars"
- Curious massive knife or machete
- Afghanistan matchlock musket
- Flyssa
- Sino-vietnamese fighting knife
- Help to translate Amharic
- "Gold & Damascus Steel – The Ottoman Art of Bladesmithing" Exhibition
- Sumatra sword , sikin parang
- Question about a symbol on Mandau
- Sulu sword
- unknown dagger
- Epoxy for restoration
- Restoration of cartouche / gold inlay
- information please
- Are these historical swords or tourist traps?
- Unusual Moro knife
- Help with the Moro Kris/Kalis/Sundang
- Solomon/PNG for want of better info
- My Talibong collection
- Philippines bolo knifes?
- Greek/Turkish kindjal translation request
- Timor sword questions
- Ifugao knife
- African knife Identification needed
- Sharing a couple of unique and rare India pieces.
- Tunisian dagger ? European style ...
- Ethiopian ''dhal'' shield ??
- West African? spear
- Mentawai shield kurabit for sharing
- Hooded katar or pata with a backsword blade
- Info on Luzon sword
- Tibetan Kora?
- Odd Navaja For Comment
- Ottoman Yataghan - Gold Inscription Translation?
- Shula S'boula/Jiboula
- Islamic and Oriental arms and armour (Robert Hales) book help
- Odd kampilan
- A few koummya's
- Mediterranean/Corsican knife for comments
- Horn hilted Yataghan, Is it Arabic or gibberish?
- Achenese 'Roedoïh' & 'Tjot Jang' / silver & suasa
- African knife figural West Africa
- Another old gunong for my collection
- Moro keris/kalis ID
- Little knife for identification
- Small cretan?? yataghan dagger translation please
- As a dagger mounted tombak but from where?
- Whats this? Persian?
- SE Asian knife ID
- Hello to everyone...Been absent for.....too long
- The Sword of Kanta, a Nimcha and Some Clues as to the Origins of Both
- Balkan knife
- 2 in 13 years.
- A Nondescript African Knife for Comments
- Dimas New Book
- African saber of unknown origin
- Malay Sundang Keris
- Old telek arm dagger
- dagger koummya ?
- Add on to the sewar collection
- Older takouba
- Bagobo (?) man's working knife
- Early Yataghan for Comments and Discussion
- new yataghan in my collection
- Yataghans and more…
- A strange Afghan Shamshir I discovered, could this be a replica or authentic?
- Sri Lankan Patisthanaya
- Are these Dao Vietnamese or Chinese
- Information required for this sword
- Interesting takouba
- Presumed Philippine?
- Luzon or Panay?
- Small golok for ID
- Indonesian spears and blowdarts
- Restoration of a Sulawesi alameng
- Malay Jungle knife?
- Borneo parang with file blade
- new bichaq
- Malay kris sundang
- 19th C Kudi trantang/tranchang
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
- Moro kris
- African Quiver and Arrows (ex coll. shakethetrees)
- Two Spears (ex coll. shakethetrees)
- Curious Indonesia hooked knife
- Tibetan dog "stick" pocket flail
- Polearm (ex coll. shakethetrees)
- Bonan belt knife
- A bonan axe
- ID on this shamshir
- African Spear (ex coll. shakethetrees)
- Malay Sundang for comment
- Another "Berber Like Sword."
- Pamor pedang
- Old Spanish (?) blade in Visayan dress
- New Central African knife, cleaning/maintenance advice?
- Sharing another SE Asian tribal crossbow
- Lumad (?) adaptation of a Malay sundang
- How common are crudely cut and imprecise fullers on Chinese swords?
- Silver thouma jambiya
- Topographic pattern on kris
- A Spearhead for Comments
- Indonesian small sword for I.D.
- Mentawai bow, arrows and quiver.
- What should I make next?
- Simple dha
- lovely kris info
- Haussa (?) takouba
- A Sword
- English shotgun
- Pesh Kabz
- Help with origin of knive
- African (?) spear for ID.
- Another spear
- An afghan jezail or north african rifle?
- African Sword?
- Persian knife
- Barong surprise!
- Silver thouma jambiya again.
- Help with an unknown knife
- A Pedang for ID
- Sulawesi penai or other klewang(?)
- Saif? Szabla?? What have I got?
- Second dha silver handle
- Lombok pedang cagak or sundrik lombok
- Takouba with a 16th century blade?
- “Might and Magnificence” exhibition catalogue
- Unusual Albacete knife
- A new resource and database dedicated to Oriental arms and armour.
- How unique are the edged weapons of Afghanistan in comparison to their neighbors?
- My new spear from Philippines
- Japanese short sword
- Koummya for comment
- Please help ID curved short sword. Possibly Indian?
- Two small Hmong utility daggers
- Is this Jezail authentic?
- Did Safavid/Qajar Persia have the largest sword making industry in Asia?
- Budiak re-shafted
- Daily dha
- My first Corvo
- A new Nimcha for comment
- Pesh Kabz, Choora or Afghan Knife.
- Tulwar bought on Sunday, 09.02.25
- Sword from Angola. Chokwe, Salampasu?
- Opinions about book Mexican Swords
- Filipino long sword info requested
- Sangi Bagobo
- Aceh rencong and siwaih
- Some swords from Indonesia
- Ottoman pala traslation please
- Ottoman silver shamshir sword
- Unusual metal handle barong
- Small Fang sword
- Where did the practice of placing small stones in pulwar hilts originate?
- Tuareg allar(h) old spear
- Another straight machete of uncertain origin
- I say it's Filipino my friend insists it's African...
- new yataghan in my collection
- Iron hilt of talwar and piso pedang
- Narrow Maasai swords
- And now, for something DIFFERENT ….. (from me, anyway) ;)
- Thick knife frome Bali/Lombok
- Zheng Yi Sao Pirate Sword
- Arrows (and a bow)
- Large Naga dao
- An interesting knife from the Southeast Asian peninsula
- New sheath to my bolo
- Seeking information for a large beautiful (Qama?) sword.
- Working Moroccan Nimcha with Interesting Script
- Vintage Ilocano knife
- Dagger South Sudan
- Hill tribe sword
- Katar for coments and thoughts
- Wooden Club
- Unique swords with "scimitar" vibe
- Frontier cuirass c. 1720 believed Pueblo Indian in Spanish Style
- Small sharp and massive sword, horn of Africa ??
- Hoping for a translation from Hindi
- Input on this recent acquisition - Luzon? Age?
- spears/harpoons/javelins
- A Sulawesi sword for discussion
- Kerambit
- Pedang Lurus
- Jambiya thouma translation wanted
- Persian hilt identification
- Cikeruh/Tjikeroeh golok, Javanese translation help?
- A koummya- and contexts
- South Seas club?
- Khanda (Firangi) Sword
- The Cut Throat World ---
- Hello Old Friends
- Moro kampilan (?) Spanish American war era
- Tuareg club
- Antique small kastane sword, before after
- Cut down tulwar
- Japanese? Chinese? Character Translation Requested
- Short sword - from where? when?
- Tuareg short dagger
- sangi
- Chinese or Philippines short saber?
- New Treasures on OBJET: Central Asian Swords Now Featured!
- Another atypical kris
- Toxic preservatives on old weapons?
- Translation on rencong scabbard
- Maasai Spear, tourist souvenir or real deal?
- Classic Talibon Hilt w/Atypical Blade
- Saif, Moroccan saif, sife, nimcha, nimsha
- Maluku parang?
- New Purchase: A tumbok lada
- Kukri vintage
- My new moro kris
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