MEMBERS FROM HOW MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRYS

[VANDOO]

I GOT CURIOUS AS TO HOW MANY COUNTRYS ARE CURRENTLY OR HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED ON THE FORUM. I AM FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SO THATS ONE COUNTRY.

[Valjhun]

I seriously doubt that you ever heard of it and the nomination sounds just like the name for a strange country from a marx brothers production... Well, I'm from Slovenia.

[Tim Simmons]

God save the queen! you can hum the rest.

[ErnestoJuan]

Well, my country will win the soccer Worldcup this year.

Hint: the fans usually dress in orange ;)

[kronckew]

Well, my country will win the soccer Wordcup this year.

Hint: the fans usually dress in orange ;)


well, my country of residence is going to win the worldcup after a few stirling victories over countries that prefer spelling contests. where are they holding the word cup by the way, my neice likes spelling bees.... :D

other than that i am in my more normal moments a citizen from the great state of Alabama, CSA.... we unfortunatley do not play soccer there much, we prefer shooting stuff or fishin'....

[PUFF]

:D

[Aqtai]

I could represent 2 countries, I live and work in England, my mother is English, but my father is Egyptian.

[eftihis]

Greece has at least 2 members here! Yiannis is from Athens and me from Crete.
Best Regards!

[William.m]

God save the queen! you can hum the rest.


humm humm humm, for the glory of the empire! ...oh wait..

[Rick]

:D :D :D

[Henk]

I walk on wooden shoes, in spring I have tulips in the garden and when I drive to my work I see a mill.

[ariel]

USA, Michigan.
That's where real men play real football, not that girl game, with almost 2 hours of running back and forth and then cheering the great victory of 1:0 by group kissing and baring bras.

When we win, it is something like 49:27!

Then we grill hamburgers , drink beer and gain another 5 pounds in weight.

[Emanuel]

I eat Mamaliga, drink Tuica and, fully tanked I attempt to dance the Hora, all the time hoping "Dracula" won't crash the party :D
In my adopted country I pray for the Maple Leafs and drink Steam Whistle beer.

[galvano]

Under my arm there is a bread.
In my bag there are red wine and sausage.
On my head there is a beret
In my capital there is EFFEL TOWER.
galvano :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[wolviex]

Gee, I'm not gonna get poetic ... :rolleyes: :D

I'm from country of Winged Horsemen and beautiful women :cool:

[Aurangzeb]

I Live in Pennsylvania, USA. But my fater is Polish and my mother is Ukrainian

[Michael Blalock]

I was born an Okie but visited about 28 countries by the time I was 10 years old. Now I reside in the suburbs of Washington DC, in the nuclear free zone of Takoma Park.

[fernando]

I am from Portugal, a nine hundred years old, tiny little nation, situated in the Iberian Peninsula. So little and ignored that, when i once travelled to a certain civilized European Country, a local girl asked me why i, being a Portuguese, didn't have curly hair ! Some years after, a studious friend of mine told me i had a Phoenician fascies. Apparently the Phoenicians used to come ashore, when they passed by my sea coast home town, on their route up north. But apparently those peoples didn't have a curly hair.



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[Marc]

I'm from Fernando's neighbour country (oh, and I DO know where Aljubarrota is and what happened there ;) )
I'm from Spain, and with all its defects and virtues, I like this country. Home's home, after all :)

[TVV]

Currently living in the Nay Area, I was born and spent the first twenty years of my life in Bulgaria, so I still consoder myself Bulgarian. You can deffinitely count me as a representatuve and descendant of the people, who initially brought the sabre to Europe in the 7th century.

[Jens Nordlunde]

I am from Denmark, the country from where the charter tourism started. The Danes sailed to Ireland, England and many other countries to visit. Peaceful as they were, they only defended themselves when being attacked.
Now I live in a country far more south, with a lot of mountains, but also here are traces of the early Norse. In a chapel at the Wierwaldstettersee there is an inscription in runes, and the Norse were of course also life guards in Constantinople, which can be seen there.

[Flavio]

I'm from Italy, the country of Sun (not in these days :o !)

[Mark]

I'm from Italy, the country of Sun (not in these days :o !)

Forza Azzurri!

My wife's Italian, but I did live there for 7 years. :)

Takoma Park is a nuclear free zone? How ... symbolic. And futile, of course. ;)

[S.Al-Anizi]

Hello,

Im from Arabia, the endless sand dunes, drenched with blood, Kuwait precisely :)

[Rick]

Hello,

Im from Arabia, the endless sand dunes, drenched with blood, Kuwait precisely :)

Our warmest welcome to you Sir .
We hope you will enjoy spending time here and we all hope to learn from you . :)

[S.Al-Anizi]

Our warmest welcome to you Sir .
We hope you will enjoy spending time here and we all hope to learn from you . :)

Thanks for the kind welcome, Mr.Rick ;)

[drdavid]

I am from the island state at the bottom of Australia, Tasmania, home of the Tasmanian Devil much beloved of cartoonists. Next stop south is Antarctica. This place was settled by the British colonists a bit over 200 years ago, but for at least 50,000 years before that it was home to the indigenous Australians. So we have some recent history and some ancient history.
cheers
DrD

[ariel]

I am from the island state at the bottom of Australia, Tasmania, home of the Tasmanian Devil much beloved of cartoonists. Next stop south is Antarctica. This place was settled by the British colonists a bit over 200 years ago, but for at least 50,000 years before that it was home to the indigenous Australians. So we have some recent history and some ancient history.
cheers
DrD
I do not want to sound contrarian, but I am a Bugs Bunny fan...

[ariel]

Thanks for the kind welcome, Mr.Rick ;)
Welcome !

[Zan]

I live in Quebec, the french province of Canada where there is still endless forests... and winters. We eat "pâté chinois" and "tourtière", and are serious hockey fans.
Good think, it is a little bit more hot these days (spring time) :) !

Regards,
Zan

[VVV]

I am from a country where in the Summer the sun is up at midnight.
In winter people make a hole in the ice to take a bath and if you travel from south to north it's the same distance as if I would have gone down to Italy.
This weekend I am on an isolated small island in the archipelago 1,5 h boat ride outside the capital but still have perfect 3G connection.

Michael

[Flavio]

Forza Azzurri!

My wife's Italian, but I did live there for 7 years. [QUOTE=Mark Bowditch]



[QUOTE=VVV]if you travel from south to north it's the same distance as if I would have gone down to Italy.

Michael

Mark, this moment it's not so good for italian soccer, if you know what I mean!!! All those scandals in our championship !!!! :( :( :( But the hope is the last one to die!!!!!


Well Michael, next trip come to Italy!!! :)

[Pangeran Datu]

G'day mates!
.... hiji basa, bangsa urang
.... leungit bahasa, leungit bangsa

Greetings to my overseas brother, the Taswegian...j/k:)

[Mapico1]

Hi,I'm Mick from Austr...no seriously....I come from the best country to find beer,chocolat and african art from Congo..........right,Belgium.
Regards,Danny :)

[S.Al-Anizi]

Welcome !

Thank you ariel :)

[BluErf]

Let me post one for my country. :)

I am a citizen of the Lion City, so named because a Srivijayan prince, Sang Nila Utama, thought he saw a lion when he landed on the island, or so the legend went.

These days, we are often referred to as the "little red dot" because we are so small that we don't appear on the map, and has to be marked by a red dot. :D

Our national mascot is the Merlion, a half lion, half fish mythical beast. Interestingly, this beast was a modern invention and had no roots in history. Our national flower is an orchid, called "Vanda Miss Joaquim".

The island was called Temasek a long time ago. It was once part of the territory of the Johore empire, the Riau-Lingga Sultanate, and probably Majapahit and Sri Vijaya, amongst others. Then, came the British in the 19th century, followed by the Japanese (rather unpleasent 3yrs 8mths during WWII), then the British came back again, and left, again, and after a brief merger with Malaysia, we became an independent sovereign nation on 9 Aug 1965.

Our current prime minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, is the son of the great Mr Lee Kuan Yew (I think he deserves to be called great for turning Singapore from a 3rd-world country to a developed nation, in the face of great adversity).

We are a well-integrated multi-racial society with the main ethnic groups being Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian.

If you have been to Singapore, you would probably have heard about "Singlish", and words/phrases like "kiasu", "shiok", "don't play play".

The people here are so pre-occupied with food that everywhere you go, you see... restaurants! From Thai to Vietnamese, Indonesian to Nepalese, African to American, French to German, Italian to Spanish, Korean to Japanese, and of course, Chinese, Malay, Indian. :)

Our national anthem is in Malay: "Majulah Singapura!" - Onward Singapore! :)

[Battara]

Don't know about country (US) but I perpetually live in the state of confusion. :confused: ( :D )

[yuanzhumin]

Well, I have two countries, I would say.
The one I'm coming from and the one where I live in.
The first is the country of paradox, a country that everybody loves and hates at the same time. For example, last year, this country had the world record for the number of burned cars in its streets and at the same time was the most visited for tourism purpose. It seems that I'm a compatriot of Galvano.
My other country, where I've been living in for nearly 15 years now, has no unions strikes, the stores are always open, even during the night or the week ends. In this island, the people are the nicest in the world but there are also daily earthquakes (we only feel the biggest tremors every two or three months). Another particularity : it is also a country that is still living under the threats of a thousand missiles pointed at it by a very big and "friendly" neighbour. Should I say it is Taiwan?

[Freddy]

I'm from Belgium....more particularly the Flemish part of Belgium. In the past, we were governed by most other European countries, but we're still around !
Like Mapico1 said : the land of the best beer and tons of African stuff (if you can find it) ;)

Freddy

[Angren]

Home of the vikings, Gustav Vasa, the carolins, the midsummer, and the Dala horse ;) And the artic winter here in the north, Sweden ;)

But I lived in Laos for a few years.

[mavi1970]

same here, two countries represented here, born and raised in canada, but of turkish heritage.. thus my interest in collecting ancient ottoman swords... yataghans are my passion...

[Raja Muda]

I'm from the land that gave the world amok, durians and the present home of Keris Taming Sari, hulu keris ayam teleng and some of the best mandaus you've ever seen.
We have nine Sultans who take turns to be king every five years, whose instrument of office is a gold sheathed keris panjang and an ivory keris tajong :)

[erlikhan]

Turk from Istanbul.I live in the middle of the town,where for centuries millions of weapons of any class were produced to serve sultans,nobles,vast armies leaving to all directions for endless campaigns and millions of other weapons were taken from surrendering opponents and brought in from invaded lands..I should be envied and assumed as lucky by the oriental arms collectionary point of view,but actually can hardly find anything original else than some rusty knives or very ordinary yataghans! :eek:

[Hernan]

Talking about soccer World cup, we won the first one. And then won it again in a country, 5 times champion after that, but still crying, 56 years ago....I'm from Uruguay, a country with more cows than people, meaning nothing to economical forces ruling FIFA. Oops, we are out of this cup....

[Satria]

Hi all........
If all of you read / watch/ hear the sad news about big earthqueke in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.....that is my city. I was born and growth there....
Thanks for support in pray, money, and everything to help Yogyakarta people.

Since I married with japanese girl 8 years ago....and 'till now I still live in Japan.

This is a part of my collection :
http://midinakeris.fotopic.net/

[katana]

Well, having been (probably) descended from the Anglo Saxons, Celts, Vikings, Romans and Normans I am proud to say I'm a .........thorough-bred Englishman ;) :D :D . Born in Londinium........ er I mean London (the Roman in me talking ;) ).
Our cuisine is also world famous, we have exotic, culinary delights such as fish and chips :rolleyes:

It is a testament to us all that we enjoy the culture (and weapons ;) ) of other countries and peoples. Of course, assuming the anthropologists are correct, ALL our ancestry originated from 'Mother' Africa......its just that some of us have moved further away :D

[katana]

Ah.....I almost forgot....

Well, my country will win the soccer Worldcup this year.

Hint: the fans usually dress in orange ;)

Ernesto Juan, you must be colour blind...... ;) .....the fans of the winning team will be wearing white with a small red, St George's cross :D :cool:

And as to our friends in Belguim, I am envious of the number of quality African artefacts you can find in your country. ;) :p

[nechesh]

If i spoke 3 languages i would be multi-lingual....
If i spoke 2 languages i would be bi-lingual....
But since i only speak one language i must be.... :rolleyes: :D

[ErnestoJuan]

Ah.....I almost forgot....



Ernesto Juan, you must be colour blind...... ;) .....the fans of the winning team will be wearing white with a small red, St George's cross :D :cool:

And as to our friends in Belguim, I am envious of the number of quality African artefacts you can find in your country. ;) :p


Well, to be honest I think neither the English nor the Dutch will win this world cup. The Dutch do not have a bad team, though it is not mature enough, all youngsters and prone to physical injuries. The English? More a collection of individuals imho lead by a rather weak coach.

My guess would be either Germany or the " boys from Brasil" :>) will win this cup.

Was it not an Englishman who defined soccer as: two times 11 players battle for two times 45 minutes and in the end, the Germans win. ?

-> My friend from Uruguay; bear in mind that Brasil won the world cup lots of times and is not exactly an economic world power.

All the best to everybody and forgive me for starting this sub-thread about soccer, that obviously does not have anything to do with edged weapons.
On the other hand, a famous Dutch coach once mentioned that " soccer is war" . :D

[Tim Simmons]

How glad am I that I renewed my fishing permit, all that time by the river on my own, blissful and football free. ENGLAND.ENGLAND.ENGLAND.

[katana]

" soccer is war" . :D

At least, I suppose there are few deaths, the 'war' has rules, the combatants know their 'fight' only lasts 90 mins and half way through you can have a rest and eat 1/2 an orange (the fruit not a Dutch supporter :D :D ).

Good luck to the National teams of all the formites.........let battle commence.........

[Lei Shen Dao]

Greece here :)

[Titus Pullo]

I'm from the United States, but originally from Thailand. I came to this country a long time ago, though!

[BluErf]

Greece here :)

Oh! For the longest while I thought you were either from Taiwan or China!! :)

[Rather]

I am from the country, presently hosting the world! It is just great, walking through Hamburg is like a trip to all the participating countries, having soccer fans in the streets dresses in the colours of their teams and waving their flags. We have the American team staying here in my city during the championship and many fans wait in front of the hotel, trying to get an autograph. You will find a lot houses decorated with all the flags and definitely, there are big parties in the streets in front of the big screens, where the matches are shown in public.
And sorry friends, but Germany will win the cup! 4 : 2 was a decent start.
;)

[ErnestoJuan]

With all respect Rather; Costa Rica is a so called soccer dwarf like country and the German defense was quite poor. It is not like the German team beat Argentina is it? ;)

On the other hand, the Dutch team played a friendly test match 1-1 against another soccer dwarf; the socceroos from Australia. Well, the socceroos do have a Dutch coach, so maybe it was a setup?

Anyway, enjoy the atmospherem and may the best team win!

Btw mate, is not the country quote " hosting the world " end quote the USA? (soon to be China?)

:D

[Zifir]

A turkish man here with a growing interest in yatagans.

[drdavid]

On the other hand, the Dutch team played a friendly test match 1-1 against another soccer dwarf; the socceroos from Australia. Well, the socceroos do have a Dutch coach, so maybe it was a setup?
:D
Hi ErnestoJuan,
it is always dangerous to dismiss the underdog, Australia had to beat Uruguay to get to the finals,they have some talented players (if fit) and they do have a good coach. Look how far some other less favoured teams got in the last world cup. Go the Socceroos.
DrD

[BluErf]

Erhhh... guys, maybe this forum isn't the best place to start a World Cup discussion. :D

[Titus Pullo]

I'm from the good old US but originally from Thailand. I came here a long time ago.

[VANDOO]

IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY LONG AGO AS YOU ARE VERY YOUNG YET, AS IS THE USA AT AROUND 230 YEARS OLD :D

AGEING IS INTERESTING AS IN MANY WAYS YOUR BRAIN STILL THINKS YOU ARE YOUNG NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU GET, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL BUT THEN I HAVE ONLY BEEN AROUND 59 YEARS 11 MONTHS. A YOUNG CUTE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE GIRL STILL LOOKS GOOD TO ME BUT ALL I DO NOW IS LOOK. :D I STILL LIKE TO DO THE THINGS I ALWAYS LIKED AND STILL DO THEM BUT SLOWER AND FOR SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME :p
ITS AMAZEING HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGE IN A LIFETIME MY GRANDPARTENTS WHO I KNEW LIVED UNTIL I WAS 17 AND THEY CAME DOWN TO OKALHOMA IN A HORSE DRAWN WAGON FOR THE LAND RUSH. WHEN I WAS BORN JET AIRCRAFT WERE EXPERIMENTAL AND RARE MILITARY ONLY LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FLYING AROUND NOW, EVEN INTO SPACE. YOU YOUNGER ONES HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, MAY THEY ALL BE FOR THE BETTER.

BACK TO TOPIC (AGE DOES SEEM TO MAKE YOUR MIND WANDER :p ) THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A INTERESTING POST AND GIVES A IDEA OF THE WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRYS AND INFORMATION WE HAVE TO DRAW ON AND THE OTHER AGE POST SHOWS THE RANGE OF AGES. IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COLLECTING AND LEARNING AS WE ALL DID.

[Rick]

IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY LONG AGO AS YOU ARE VERY YOUNG YET, AS IS THE USA AT AROUND 230 YEARS OLD :D

AGEING IS INTERESTING AS IN MANY WAYS YOUR BRAIN STILL THINKS YOU ARE YOUNG NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU GET, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL BUT THEN I HAVE ONLY BEEN AROUND 59 YEARS 11 MONTHS. A YOUNG CUTE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE GIRL STILL LOOKS GOOD TO ME BUT ALL I DO NOW IS LOOK. :D I STILL LIKE TO DO THE THINGS I ALWAYS LIKED AND STILL DO THEM BUT SLOWER AND FOR SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME :p
ITS AMAZEING HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGE IN A LIFETIME MY GRANDPARTENTS WHO I KNEW LIVED UNTIL I WAS 17 AND THEY CAME DOWN TO OKALHOMA IN A HORSE DRAWN WAGON FOR THE LAND RUSH. WHEN I WAS BORN JET AIRCRAFT WERE EXPERIMENTAL AND RARE MILITARY ONLY LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FLYING AROUND NOW, EVEN INTO SPACE. YOU YOUNGER ONES HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, MAY THEY ALL BE FOR THE BETTER.

BACK TO TOPIC (AGE DOES SEEM TO MAKE YOUR MIND WANDER :p ) THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A INTERESTING POST AND GIVES A IDEA OF THE WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRYS AND INFORMATION WE HAVE TO DRAW ON AND THE OTHER AGE POST SHOWS THE RANGE OF AGES. IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COLLECTING AND LEARNING AS WE ALL DID.

Hell Barry , my Grandfather was a Wildcatter in Ok. :D
It was a different world then .
May the youngsters make it an even better one . :)

[John]

IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY LONG AGO AS YOU ARE VERY YOUNG YET, AS IS THE USA AT AROUND 230 YEARS OLD :D

AGEING IS INTERESTING AS IN MANY WAYS YOUR BRAIN STILL THINKS YOU ARE YOUNG NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU GET, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL BUT THEN I HAVE ONLY BEEN AROUND 59 YEARS 11 MONTHS. A YOUNG CUTE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE GIRL STILL LOOKS GOOD TO ME BUT ALL I DO NOW IS LOOK. :D I STILL LIKE TO DO THE THINGS I ALWAYS LIKED AND STILL DO THEM BUT SLOWER AND FOR SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME :p
ITS AMAZEING HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGE IN A LIFETIME MY GRANDPARTENTS WHO I KNEW LIVED UNTIL I WAS 17 AND THEY CAME DOWN TO OKALHOMA IN A HORSE DRAWN WAGON FOR THE LAND RUSH. WHEN I WAS BORN JET AIRCRAFT WERE EXPERIMENTAL AND RARE MILITARY ONLY LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FLYING AROUND NOW, EVEN INTO SPACE. YOU YOUNGER ONES HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, MAY THEY ALL BE FOR THE BETTER.

BACK TO TOPIC (AGE DOES SEEM TO MAKE YOUR MIND WANDER :p ) THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A INTERESTING POST AND GIVES A IDEA OF THE WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRYS AND INFORMATION WE HAVE TO DRAW ON AND THE OTHER AGE POST SHOWS THE RANGE OF AGES. IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COLLECTING AND LEARNING AS WE ALL DID.

Absolutely, someone recently sent a note on "turning the clock back 100 years - to USA 1906, and it's amazing to be reminded of phenomenal changes in just 100 years which I've already lived 49 years plus.

From the times of my greatgrandparents/grandparents (immigrants from Tianjin and CangZhou, China) until now much cultural changes have taken place, and I could only be reminded in nostalgia of some of the discontinued things by the CCTV programmes...even the food taste/smell different, a different world indeed.

I've started collecting some ethnographic stuffs beginning in 2000, so I guess age is not a factor, just the madness...:)

And Barry, a cute young lass looks good to me too... :)

[Tim Simmons]

Say hello to "The girl from Ipanema"

[Dajak]

Germany at the dutch border ( I am Dutch )

[The Double D]

A native born Oregonian who will retire in two to five years in Montana, since Oregon is now the northern most county in California.

A dedicated Martini rifle collector with no interest in edged weapons at all. Working a special assignment for a couple of years in South Africa before retiring. Simply meeting friends requests for "Zulu Spears". Found a Zulu hunting spear, East African small game spear and Zande Spear. All of which are far to good for my friends and I will keep for myself. I will go to the Curio shop and get spears for my friends.

Just located two Maasi Spears. I should get them...

Did I mention I have no interest in edged weapons... ;) ;)

[VANDOO]

LOL :) THE EDGED WEAPON COLLECTING BUG CAN BE A INSEDIOUS LITTLE BEASTY AND WILL INFECT YOU NO MATTER HOW NOBLE YOUR INTENTIONS . WELCOME TO THE GROUP BUT TRY HARD NOT TO GET INTERESTED IN WHAT I COLLECT ;) UNFORTUNATELY THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT AS I HAVE A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING IT SEEMS :D

[Lei Shen Dao]

Oh! For the longest while I thought you were either from Taiwan or China!! :)

Lol :)
Yeap, you are wright. Most of the people in the forums think the same for me.
I just happen to be a Greek who loves the Chinese and Indonesian Archipelago's culture and tradition ;)

Take care

[pinoy]

I come from the The pearl of the Orient Seas, The Philippines!!! Mabuhay. :D
and we don't have a world cup team. :confused:

[SteveHarmison2]

Hi to all, I am from Bangladesh. I did not see any other Bangladeshi here, may be I am the only person to be with you. Glad to be a part of such nice community and thanks for the thread also.

[kahnjar1]

Born and raised in the South Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Grandparents hailed from the Scottish Borders, so I guess one could label me a tight fisted Kiwi. :cool:

[BANDOOK]

Great post ,I have logged in after a long time as I was busy with work commitments.
I am originally from India but been living in northern part of New Zealand over 2 decades ,not many kiwis here ,just know Kahnjar1 dwn south who also is from NZ here who shares the same passion and has good knowledge of Arabian weapons

[Kmaddock]

Hi From the Emerald Isle (Ireland)
I do not know if there are any others here from Ireland
I would think there has to be as I have been bid against at auctions so there are some other ethnic weapon collectors around.
Regards to the rest of the world
Ken

[motan]

First time I see this thread. Nice.
I am an atheist from the holy city of Jerusalem (or Al Quds, if you prefer).
My family came from Hungary and I am married to a Dutch woman. I lived in the Netherlands for many years and speak the language, so I consider it my second home.
Eytan

[JBG163]

French spotted here! I promise... I don't collect baguette!
I'm 28, initially marine biologist, now knife maker, Smith and sharpener.
Have a good day everybody.
Julien

[xasterix]

Filipino living in Manila, Philippines, 33.
Engaged in studying my country's traditional blades for academic and martial purposes.
It's ironic that most of my country's most prized and well-preserved traditional blades are in foreign shores. I hope that changes someday.

[Ren Ren]

I am from the capital of Russia, Moscow.
The area of my hobbies is the arms of China and Vietnam. I also became interested in subjects from mainland Southeast Asia.
Sometimes I drink vodka :D and I have a "ushanka" hat (but made in Finland ;) ).

[Norman McCormick]

Hi,
Caledonia born and bred although Ulster Irish (County Antrim) on my mothers side and Norwegian on my fathers side. It's refreshingly heartening to see so many from divergent backgrounds get on together in relative harmony :)
My Regards,
Norman.

[Fernando K]

Argentina, the home of the gauchos (With Uruguat and Brasil)

[mariusgmioc]

Romania

[kampilansabaybay]

From the Philippines, based in Puerto Rico. Thanks for accepting me in this forum.

[sfenoid13]

I was born and raised in Bulgaria where I lived until I was 10. I am not Bulgarian though :), I consider myself Ottoman Turkish. We migrated to Turkey , motherland in 1990. Now I live in The city of Angels in sunny California. Best place to be any time of the year !

[Sylektis]

Ιt reminds me a little, the Eurovision contest...
Good evening from beautiful Greece !!! .... Our twelve points go to ........
:) :) :) :) :) :)