Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2023, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 20
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David,
By the 17-18 centuries Mughal armourers...
David,
By the 17-18 centuries Mughal armourers produced items identical in quality to the Persian ones. Moreover, there was a strong Sufi minority among the Mughal court and intellectuals. Thus...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2023, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 20
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It is inevitable for all massive collections:...
It is inevitable for all massive collections: pure statistics tells us that the
" 100% true hit" in virtually any population is confined to 95% of the data/items ( 2SD from the mean). Only...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2023, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 27,006
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2023, 06:41 PM
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Views: 27,006
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2023, 09:58 PM
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Views: 27,006
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2023, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 78,845
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2023, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 56,113
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2023, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,540
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2023, 03:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2023, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 56,113
The overall configuration of the blade of a pen...
The overall configuration of the blade of a pen knife is largely irrelevant: all it needs is to have a thin and sharp blade and a sharp point to make a slit in the tip of the pen.
In fact, the edge...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2023, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 59
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2023, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 56,113
This is absolutely true. But knives/daggers ...
This is absolutely true. But knives/daggers varied in their sophistication and quality of execution depending on the status of their owner.
A garden variety Misericorde dagger was just kind of ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2023, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 56,113
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th February 2023, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 56,113
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2023, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 72,395
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th February 2023, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,203
AFAIK, the Cintamani is a mythical jewel...
AFAIK, the Cintamani is a mythical jewel fulfilling its owner's wishes. Trimurti in Indian mythology is a unity of three gods and is symbolized as three solid dots. It was popularized by a Russian...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2023, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,203
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2023, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10,203
There are 2 interesting features that may be...
There are 2 interesting features that may be informative:
1. Pin in the center of the quillon block : usually a feature of Afghani or NW Indian sabers.
2. Downturned quillons: traditionally...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th January 2023, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 140
Views: 202,246
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Forum: European Armoury
26th January 2023, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 140
Views: 202,246
Perhaps, the most informative source of old...
Perhaps, the most informative source of old Hungarian swords is the so-called Kepes Kronica, " The illustrates chronic", a book written in ~1370 on the order of a Hungarian King Louis ( Lajos) I. It...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2023, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 8,846
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2023, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 12,205
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2023, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,650
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2023, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,650
Well, the back of the scabbard was not...
Well, the back of the scabbard was not informative, but even without it one can be certain that we are dealing with a recent, mass-produced tourist kindjal. Nothing “old” or even “vintage”.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2023, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,650
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