Forum: Swap Forum
20th February 2024, 05:08 AM
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Forum: Swap Forum
18th February 2024, 05:37 AM
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Welsh or Irish Sword Cane Shillelagh for sale
Greetings all. I am now listing this British sword cane in shillelagh form. Blade is 2 inches broad, thin, springy, sharp and flexible. I was informed that the blade may be from a Scottish broadsword...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2023, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th November 2023, 06:03 AM
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Views: 9,656
Thanks for your confirmation and reply.
This...
Thanks for your confirmation and reply.
This blade is so heavy, forward leaning and sharp it would likely do a lot of damage in the Ashura self inflicted wounds, I bet. It’s of the weight that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th November 2023, 04:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th November 2023, 04:25 AM
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Replies: 6
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Quaddara of unusual form
Greetings fellow collectors. I recently acquired this massive quaddara with 24 inch x 2 inch wide blade.
I’ve seen Quaddara with dull rear blade spines (with a small false back edge only). This...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th October 2023, 02:32 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 58,231
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2023, 02:32 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 58,231
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th October 2023, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 58,231
Thanks Jim,
I have ordered the larger disk...
Thanks Jim,
I have ordered the larger disk pommel Tulwar, but it isn’t on hand yet, awaiting customs paperwork etc.
Thanks you for your kind words, and your thoughts on the larger tulwars blade....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2023, 04:49 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2023, 03:49 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,554
Moukhala question
Greetings friends. I have never had an opportunity to own a moukhala musket before, this one is highly patinated/corroded.
Supposedly it belonged to a Moroccan family who said it had come from a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2023, 03:27 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 58,231
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2023, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 58,231
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2023, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 58,231
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th October 2023, 04:08 AM
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Replies: 45
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Genoese blade?
Greetings all,
This blade has what appears to be remnants of eyelash marks. The triple dots that are found at the terminations of the crescents remain. Both sides feature the same markings. Also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2023, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,515
Thanks Gavin, great info! I’ll look in those...
Thanks Gavin, great info! I’ll look in those directions.
A visual comes to mind of Crocodile Dundee unsheathing this, when an attacker pulls out a pen knife, saying, “This is a knife”
Cheers!
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2023, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,515
Thanks RobT,
I was wondering about this blade,...
Thanks RobT,
I was wondering about this blade, it’s so clean. Yes the fuller is found on both sides of the very thin flexible blade. Any guesstimate on on the possible age of this blade by its form?...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2023, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,515
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2023, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,515
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2023, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,515
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Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2023, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,651
Western Africa, very interesting. The wood is...
Western Africa, very interesting. The wood is extremely light, and wide along scabbard and bulbous termination. It seems more suited as a concealed weapon, than a club that could then have the blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th September 2023, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,651
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Forum: European Armoury
17th September 2023, 03:18 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,651
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Forum: European Armoury
16th September 2023, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,651
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Forum: European Armoury
16th September 2023, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,651
Interesting Welsh Sword Shillelagh
Greetings,
This piece is outside of my area of experience. Does anyone have any insight on this sword club. It was described as Welsh, though I can imagine it could easily be Irish. The blade inside...
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