Classic Threads

[Andrew]

We will be using this thread to link to "Classics" here and on the old boards. If you know of a thread you'd like to suggest we list here, please contact a Staff member via PM or Email.

Ideally, this thread will provide us with the ability to easily archive, organize and access some of the valuable material present in the forums.

Best regards,
Andrew

[Andrew]

True Combat Value of Wootz (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3377)
Excellent, wide-ranging discussion about wootz/pulad. Participants include metallurgists, smiths and sword-makers.

Notes on development of Modern Sabers - Role of Eastern Europe & The Hussars (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=108&highlight=hussar)

Shaver Kool (http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000140.html) :cool:

FYI The production of crucible Damascus steel (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=503)
By Ann Feuerbach, Ph.D.

FYI Brief history of crucible damascus steel (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=502)
By Ann Feuerbach, Ph.D.

Magnetic Weapons (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=292)

Meteoric iron used for keris's vs. for Indian weapons (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=269)

Sliding Weights (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=928)

The Big Takouba Thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=38757&posted=1#post38757)

Two Kampilan and a Question (http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000941.html)

Best Ethnographic Sites (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=40490#post40490)

The Big Flyssa Thread (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=41015&posted=1#post41015)

The 20th Century British Military Pattern Gurkha Issue Kukri (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8490)

"Black Sea" Yataghan/Laz Bichaq (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1305)

Early Makers Trade Marks (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=54709&posted=1#post54709)

Marking of weapons: Anthropologically and Sociologically (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5753)

Contemporary Thai Swords (http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001291.html)

The Criollo (creole) Knives from Argentina - Article by A. Domenech (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=66105&posted=1#post66105)

Indo-Persian Blades in the Collection of E. Gene Beall by Dr. Ann Feuerbach (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=66156#post66156)

CITES-An Informal Guide (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=66197&posted=1#post66197)

Origin of the Kampilan? (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7408)

Piha Kaetta (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8431)

Dayak Parang Face Gallery (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8125)

Bibliographies (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=113628&posted=1#post113628)

Photographing Weapons--The Details (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10581)

Period Photos w/Weapons (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15325)

Very Old Kris--Plus, check out link to another good, related thread in first post (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=143776&posted=1#post143776)

St. Peter's Knife? (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18870)

Downloadable books/articles (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19150)

Kukris: An Evolution in Pictures (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20415)

European Swords in the Deccan (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=197808#post197808)
You can find a PDF file of Robert Elgood's article, Swords in the Deccan in the 16th and 17th Centuries: Their manufacture and the influence of European imports, in this thread.

Kaskara in Silver Dress: an essay for comment and discussion by Ed Hunley (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24124)
Kaskara Cross-guards—a second essay for comment and discussion by Ed Hunley (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24210)
Kaskara Fuller Styles and Some Blade Marks--a third essay for comment and discussion by Ed Hunley (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24259)
Edited PDF versions of these three threads on the kaskara can be found in this site's Geographical Index here (http://vikingsword.com/ethsword/)

The Late Lew Waldman's Ethnographic Arms and Armor Collection (http://vikingsword.com/lew/archive.html). Lew was a Staff Member of this Forum for several years and had a nice collection of ethnographic arms and armor. When he passed away, Dr Lee Jones helped to sell off Lew's collection for his family, and in the process put together this pictorial display of the collection plus descriptions for each item.

PAKARANG KALAMANTAN (BORNEO BJADES) (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23853)

Garab Patterns (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17976) A collection of pictures of some very fine Visasyan garab illustrating various blade patterns.