Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2024, 11:30 AM
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In my experience instant coffe only etches...
In my experience instant coffe only etches laminated blades. Yours is most likely wootz. As mentioned earlier lemon, vinager, ferric chloride and sulphuric acid are ways to etch wootz blades. I find...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2023, 03:51 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2023, 12:59 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2023, 07:48 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2023, 07:06 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd January 2023, 10:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st December 2022, 05:47 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th December 2022, 06:14 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th December 2022, 12:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th December 2022, 01:51 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2022, 08:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2022, 05:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th December 2022, 12:54 PM
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Many thanks all for your kind words. While...
Many thanks all for your kind words. While browsing sold auctions at bonhams i found this sword with leather on wood and with gold applied in a similar manner as the subject sword....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th December 2022, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 26
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An indian shamshir with a persian blade
I got this Indian shamshir not to long a ago. Its heavy (over 900grams) and 93cm long. I would guess it is ca 1800 and that the fittings are the original ones.
The blade appears to be persian and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th November 2022, 08:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th November 2022, 03:23 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2022, 01:14 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2022, 12:51 PM
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Very nice piece I would love to hold something...
Very nice piece I would love to hold something like that. Clearly made for display, but to what purpose I do not know. Jens Nordlunde would surly know all about it but I have not seen him online for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2022, 08:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2022, 08:10 PM
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After GePi´s suggestion about the all metal...
After GePi´s suggestion about the all metal shamshir hilt I browsed my books for similar hilts and found an all metal hilt with a similar blade, it even looks to be hollow ground (I could be wrong)...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2022, 07:35 PM
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Im 99% sure its wootz it etched in 2 seconds,...
Im 99% sure its wootz it etched in 2 seconds, pattern welded itches slower in my experience. I dont think we can rule out that it was mounted with a european hilt, "oriental" blades was popular...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th November 2022, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 7
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What is the correct hilt for this blade?
This blade came to me in a lot i bought together with some other arms. In the auction picture it was very dirty and had surface rust, so I did not think much of it. When I got it home I saw that it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2022, 06:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
5th November 2022, 05:30 PM
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Large meat cleaver, India?
What are your thoughts on this meat cleaver. Grip is bone. Sorry for the fuzzy picture. Is it India? Im asuming this would be from the 19th century, but the heavy wear due to usage may lead to me...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2022, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 8
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About the inscription. I may be wrong, but its...
About the inscription. I may be wrong, but its possible the text is just gibberish.
I dont read arabic but the text in the circles dont look like it to me. If the maker was illiterate they may just...
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