Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2021, 12:50 PM
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21st September 2021, 10:02 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2021, 09:56 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th February 2020, 02:10 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd June 2019, 10:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2019, 05:02 PM
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It's a very good one.
I think it's an...
It's a very good one.
I think it's an imported blade with decoration done locally but not necessarily all at the same time. The Arabic script is very well done whereas some of the other motifs...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th April 2019, 12:37 PM
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Tigre People
The Tigre people who Littmann was writing about live in what is now Eritrea and the Sudan rather than Ethiopia proper. They are related to the Beja and were governed by an Ethiopian official, seen...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th April 2019, 02:10 AM
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The Princeton Expedition to Abyssinia
Ed,
I don't know if you have seen this text published in 1910, there is a section about swords among the Tigre which describes fullers and markings. This text was the theme, along with Burckhardt,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2019, 01:29 AM
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Peter Kull, Solingen.
A fascinating piece, thank you so much.
I used Pallme's "Travels..." extensively some years ago in one of my talks about the Kaskara to the Arms and Armour Society at the Tower of London.
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Forum: European Armoury
12th April 2015, 12:35 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th April 2015, 01:57 AM
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I think the sword with the Irish hilt almost...
I think the sword with the Irish hilt almost certainly has a late 19th/early 20th German blade: I recognize the particular stamps. The invisible giveaway with these remounted kaskara blades is that...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th November 2014, 01:21 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2014, 11:34 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st July 2014, 09:44 PM
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Doloire
...interesting Doloire - "Wagoner's Axe" not much changed since medieval times. Like many tools still in use, a formal lineage back to antiquity...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2014, 09:37 PM
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...it's here...
...it's here (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18565) Robert :)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st June 2014, 12:16 AM
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...actually, I've only ever seen one crocskara...
...actually, I've only ever seen one crocskara that showed evidence of local use - (probably quranic) talismen attached. The crossguard normally to be found on them is cast brass of a particular form...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th June 2014, 06:10 PM
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Help with Arabic translation please
...there is a partially worn inscription on this Sudanese sword (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18565) - could anyone suggest at least a partial translation.
With my thanks.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2014, 07:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2014, 02:39 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th May 2014, 01:25 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th May 2014, 02:08 AM
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Ed
many thanks for your insights. I actually...
Ed
many thanks for your insights. I actually came across an article about swords in Suakin/Sawakin on sudan.info just the other day but sadly the whole site has just disappeared :mad: There was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2014, 06:34 PM
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Kaskara for Comment...
Based on the images I can't really decide whether the 36" blade is trade or native - certainly older than the hilt arrangement and scabbard. I seems to have a "lumpy" quality which I associate with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2013, 09:32 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2013, 12:29 PM
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