Forum: European Armoury
15th August 2024, 04:15 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2024, 10:32 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th August 2024, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,312
Origin and age of a dagger with pierced blade
Hello forum colleagues,
I recently purchased this nice knife-shaped dagger together with other pieces. Handle and mountings of the scabbard are made of silver but not hallmarked. The blade is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2024, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2024, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 21,780
Age of an tibetan short sword
Hello together,
I recently purchased this tibetan short sword. In my opinion it is a really old piece, maybe 18th century, with a scabbard, which was partially restored or completely replaced...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2024, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,658
Hello,
your dagger is indeed persian and...
Hello,
your dagger is indeed persian and called Zirah Bouk. This kind of weapon was developed for penetrating chainmails or other lighter armours.
The age is difficult to estimate for me, maybe...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2023, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 26,519
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Forum: European Armoury
26th December 2023, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 26,519
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2023, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,397
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2023, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th February 2023, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,203
Hello,
once I had a Pulwar/Pulowar with a...
Hello,
once I had a Pulwar/Pulowar with a very similar blade and I have seen further blades like this on some other Tulwars. The eched motifs were of poor quality (like in this case) and also the...
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th January 2023, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 0
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Old Khanjar with silver fittings
I offer this Khanjar (from the region of the United Emirates?) for sale. The handle is made of carved horn, probably rhino. The scabbard is covered with leather and decorated with silver fittings and...
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th January 2023, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,047
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th January 2023, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,334
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Forum: Swap Forum
5th January 2023, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,319
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th December 2022, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,950
Hello,
this three blade folding mechanism...
Hello,
this three blade folding mechanism reminds me of indian Katars, where we can see this sometimes, too.
So I would guess northern India is also a possibility. In my opinion, the artistical...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd November 2022, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,739
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st October 2022, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,153
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2022, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,156
Thank you Andreas. This is of course a...
Thank you Andreas. This is of course a possibility, too. If it is a historism piece, a fake or a combination of old and new parts I would send it back to the seller. Because of that I would...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2022, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,156
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2022, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,156
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2022, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,156
Field saber (?) for comments
Hello,
I have this elegant saber in my collection and want to know more about it. So I would appreciate if you share your knowledge with me.
It was sold as 17th century hunting saber. The time...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2022, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 11,857
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2022, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 11,857
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2022, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 11,857
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